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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