Hi, On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:15:41PM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > severity 504292 wishlist > thanks > > Hi, > > On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 16:03 +0100, jre-phoenix wrote: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh: > > $'...' is a bashism to expand escape sequences; for example, $'\t' > > expands to a horizontal tab. Use "$(printf '\t')" etc. instead. > > > > Indeed $'...' only works with bash, but fails with dash. > > Thanks for the report. > > We are aware of the $'' bashism - indeed checkbashisms contains a > commented-out check for it. The reason the check is disabled is that > when it and a similar check for $"" were tested against the wide range > of shell scripts available in Debian, they produced a high level of > false positives and were disabled in devscripts 2.10.30, only one > package after having been introduced.
Are there any examples of such false positives? A list of packages is fine :) TIA, filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net PGP key: 0x6B79D401 random quote follows: I think, therefore Descartes exists. -- Saul Steinberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
