Package: grub2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch POSIX command substitution
The following patch updates to use POSIX[1] command substitution $() in place of backtics (``). Motivation: - The $() is recommend by many[2]. E.g it nests easily - Readability. In high resolution display a "tick" is hard to see. Selected font may also make reading the "tick" difficult. - Keyboards may have the tick key in an unnatural position that makes it hard to type. E.g acrobatics is needed with FI-keyboard (AltGr+key+Space char) REFERENCES [1] POSIX standard IEEE Std 1003.1: 2.6.3 Command Substitution http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_06_03 [2] Bash manual: "...old-style backquote" in section "3.5.4 Command Substitution" http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Command-Substitution BashFAQ: Why is $(...) preferred over `...` (backticks)? http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082 Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide: "...The $(...) form has superseded backticks for command substitution." http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/commandsub.html -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>From 43628233d0a570eab0539d06cabd0ffe977abed2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jari Aalto <jari.aa...@cante.net> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:59:36 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] default/grub: Use POSIX command substitution Organization: Private Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aa...@cante.net> --- default/grub | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/default/grub b/default/grub index db4ca80..b7c580e 100644 --- a/default/grub +++ b/default/grub @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 -GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` +GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=$(lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian) GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" -- 1.7.0
