The scripts *are* buggy. dash is POSIX-compliant, so all POSIX-compliant scripts will work with it. If they use bash-specific features, they must specify that they are to be executed by /bin/bash, rather than a general POSIX-compliant shell.
** Changed in: dash (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- dash as #!/bin/sh introduces countless incompatibilities https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/141481 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs