found 581428 0.5.4-12 0.5.5.1-3 severity 581428 important quit On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:25:44AM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > On jeu., 2010-05-13 at 00:07 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > > Package: dash > > Version: 0.5.5.1-4 > > Severity: grave > > Justification: breaks unrelated package > > > > Hey, > > > > I'm not sure if it's the same bug as #581351 (not sure IFS is involved > > here). > > > > Parole ./configure is currently failing with a syntax error. Using bash, > > zsh or dash 0.5.5.1-3 works. > > Giving the actual error:
Hi Yves-Alexis, thanks for the report. It's a different issue than #581351 and the configure script doesn't run with dash 0.5.4-12 and 0.5.5.1-3 either; posh fails also. The problematic line in the script is 21295 BROWSER_PLUGIN_DIR="${BROWSER_PLUGIN_DIR:-"\${libdir}/mozilla/plugins"}" You can workaround this problem with this patch to parole's ./configure Regards, Gerrit. --- configure.orig 2010-05-13 22:21:30.000000000 +0000 +++ configure 2010-05-13 22:22:50.000000000 +0000 @@ -21292,7 +21292,8 @@ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_browser_plugin" >&5 $as_echo "$ac_browser_plugin" >&6; } if test x"$ac_browser_plugin" = x"yes"; then - BROWSER_PLUGIN_DIR="${BROWSER_PLUGIN_DIR:-"\${libdir}/mozilla/plugins"}" + test -n "$BROWSER_PLUGIN_DIR" || + BROWSER_PLUGIN_DIR="\${libdir}/mozilla/plugins" $as_echo "#define BUILD_BROWSER_PLUGIN 1" >>confdefs.h -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org