Package: kbd
Version: 1.12-10
Severity: serious
Tags: patch
Justification: Policy 10.4
Hi,
the unicode_start and unicode_stop scripts in kbd use echo -e with
backslash escape sequences. This is not posix-compatible and breaks (by
outputting a spurious "-e ") when /bin/sh is dash.
The simple fix is to use printf.
regards,
Jan
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages kbd depends on:
ii console-common 0.7.49 Basic infrastructure for text cons
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.27 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii sysvinit 2.86.ds1-1 System-V like init
-- no debconf information
diff /usr/bin/unicode_start ./unicode_start
41c41
< echo -n -e '\033%G'
---
> printf '\033%%G'
diff /usr/bin/unicode_stop ./unicode_stop
18c18
< echo -n -e '\033%@'
---
> printf '\033%%@'
