Package: dash Version: 0.5.4-9 Severity: important
I think the following violates SUSv3 and therefore is very serious bug for the default /bin/sh. Or at least this violates dash's own man page where backquotes and $() are described as equivalents. 0 ~>cat ~/tmp/test.sh #!/bin/sh var1="`printf '\"'`" var2="$(printf '\"')" printf "%s\n" "$var1" printf "%s\n" "$var2" 0 ~>/bin/bash ~/tmp/test.sh " " 0 ~>/bin/dash ~/tmp/test.sh " \" 0 ~> -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-k7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages dash depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dash recommends no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
