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Tasklist

FS#27434 - error when installing parted if sh points to dash

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by arno (arenevier) - Saturday, 03 December 2011, 15:55 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 03 December 2011, 22:19 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Hi,
parted.install contains non posix instructions. Therefore, if sh links to dash, instead of bash, install script fails with:
sh: 3: /tmp/alpm_WPbsAz/.INSTALL: Syntax error: "(" unexpected


Additional info:
* parted 3.0-4
This task depends upon

Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Saturday, 03 December 2011, 22:19 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  /bin/sh as dash is unsupported

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