Hi Michael, > What shell do you use (/bin/sh)? That computer is using the "stable" version of dash. So I guess older versions of dash give that error. Does the script need to be compatible with the older dash? Otherwise the problem is that I'm mixing "stable" and "testing" packages.
# ls -al /bin/sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-11-23 08:05 /bin/sh -> dash # apt-cache policy dash dash: Installed: 0.5.3-7 Candidate: 0.5.3-7 Version table: 0.5.4-12 0 50 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu testing/main Packages *** 0.5.3-7 0 990 http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu stable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Thanks! C. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org