On 21 Oct 2015 09:34, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >>>>> On Tue, 20 Oct 2015, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On 21 Oct 2015 00:03, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >> Therefore I'd make it a recommendation at most. Something along the > >> lines of: "The interpreter is assumed to be GNU bash, version as > >> listed in table xyz, or any later version. If possible, the package > >> manager should set the shell's compatibility level to the exact > >> version specified." > > > and include the recommended snippet as well as add a warning about > > not exporting the variable less it break external shell scripts. > > "The interpreter is assumed to be GNU bash, version as listed in table > xyz, or any later version. If possible, the package manager should set > the shell's compatibility level to the exact version specified. It > must ensure that any such compatibility settings (e.g. the BASH_COMPAT > variable) are not exported to external programs."
why not include the shell script snippet too ? -mike
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