Bug#43296: libc6: devpts.sh uses bashism

[miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)]

In article <cistron.E11IASy-0001RE-00@localhost>,
Farzad FARID  <farzy@via.ecp.fr> wrote:
>Package: libc6
>Version: 2.1.2-0pre7
>Severity: normal
>
>This script should not start with #!/bin/sh because it uses constructions
>that do not exist in the Bourne Shell. eg:
>tail=${release#*.*.}
>major_release=${release%.${tail}}
>minor_release=${tail%%[-.]*}
>        devpts=$(grep -c devpts /proc/filesystems)

All these constructs are standard Bourne/Posix. Have been for _years_.

Mik.e
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