Hi,
> > >
> > > Work as in does not check for errors.
> > > You have not yet explained why you need to use bash2 at all.
> > >
> >
> > 1. classic reason: for old system
> > 2. why need to upgrade to bash3?
> >
> > However, this does not mean that you should support bash2.
> > It is just a wishlist from bash2 user.
> > And bash2 user still continue to use the dpatch software at his-own-risk.
>
>
> Debian bug-wise, this is closed. I'm closing the bugreport.
>
> dpatch code error path uses pipefail, so in the precondition that
> there is no error, you could patch it at your own risk. Practically,
> there will always be some kind of error condition, and thus I do not
> consider it a useful request.
>
By not making it to run under bash2,
then, why not, at least, set dependency of this package to "bash >= 3"?
An alternative may be to do version checking in the dpatch script,
if [ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge 3 ]; then
echo "require bash >= 3"
exit 1
fi
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