293459 – sys-apps/mlocate: /etc/cron.daily/mlocate not POSIX-compliant

Bug 293459 - sys-apps/mlocate: /etc/cron.daily/mlocate not POSIX-compliant

Summary: sys-apps/mlocate: /etc/cron.daily/mlocate not POSIX-compliant

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Christian Faulhammer (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2009-11-17 06:05 UTC by Richard Li
Modified:	2009-11-18 10:29 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Richard Li 2009-11-17 06:05:14 UTC

/etc/cron.daily/mlocate says "/bin/sh" in the shebang line, but uses bash-specific features - the "source" keyword is known to bash only, we can replace it with a dot which all POSIX shells understand.

Normally /bin/sh always symlinks to bash in Gentoo, but it seems from bug #214817 that they're in the process of introducing app-admin/eselect-sh to tree (now in sunrise overlay), which will allow users to switch to dash (which Ubuntu and Debian persons have used as the default /bin/sh for years) or something alike. So I think it's time to get this fixed before many users do that.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Christian Faulhammer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-11-18 10:29:36 UTC

Thanks for your hint, I fixed it in mlocate-0.22.2-r1