Logcheck devel - Dec 2008 - Bug#508546: unecessary bashism

Package: logcheck
Severity: important
Tags: patch

/usr/sbin/logcheck depends on bash to work due to a single bashism
in line 25:

if [ $UID == 0 ]; then

change it to:

if [ `id -u` = 0 ]; then

and substitute the shebang to /bin/sh please.

tags 508546 - patch
tags 508546 + moreinfo
severity 508546 wishlist

Am Freitag, den 12.12.2008, 11:25 +0100 schrieb Yuri
D'Elia:
> Package: logcheck
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
> 
> /usr/sbin/logcheck depends on bash to work due to a single bashism
> in line 25:
> 
> if [ $UID == 0 ]; then
> 
> change it to:
> 
> if [ `id -u` = 0 ]; then
> 
> and substitute the shebang to /bin/sh please.
 What would be the real gain of it? Because actually, I don't really see
it. Especially, what's the deal with calling this severity important? If
anything it is wishlist, not?

 Can you please explain what does upset you so much about this? It's not
if bash would be any totally obscure and not available shell, it's the
default shell in most linux distributions out there and I wouldn't know
a single system that doesn't include it, and that includes cygwin for
windows.

 Thanks,
Rhonda
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Your message dated Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:19:22 +0000
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and subject line Bug#508546: fixed in logcheck 1.3.4
has caused the Debian Bug report #508546,
regarding unecessary bashism
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