Package: dash Version: 0.5.5.1-7.4 Severity: normal
In bash -e flag is required to enable interpretation of escape sequences. dash doesn't take such argument. The result is that there is no common syntax for echo with escape sequences in the the two shells: > /bin/sh.distrib -c 'echo -e; echo "\n"' > > \n > /bin/dash -c 'echo -e; echo "\n"' > -e > My suggestion is to add a no-op -e flag to dash. If that's too ugly, then perhaps stronger compatibility warning should be displayed during upgrade? -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0 APT prefers oldstable APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-028stab070.14 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dash depends on: ii debianutils 3.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.15.8.10 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib dash recommends no packages. dash suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * dash/sh: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
