Re: [PATCH] kbuild: deb-pkg fix install scripts for posix sh

From: Andres Salomon
Date: Thu Jul 09 2009 - 17:49:41 EST


On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:17:34 +0200
maximilian attems <max@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> bash versus dash and posh disagree on expanding $@ within double
> quotes: export x="$@"
> see http://bugs.debian.org/381091 for details
> just use the arglist with $*.
>
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31-rc1_2.6.31-rc1-18_i386.deb
> (--install): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit
> status 2 export: 6: 2.6.31-rc1-18: bad variable name
> fixes http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13567
>
> seen on Ubuntu as there dash is the default sh,
> versus bash on Debian.
>

Acked-By: Andres Salomon <dilinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This should be applied ASAP, as it breaks things for every
ubuntu user who attempts to use 'make deb-pkg'.


> Reported-by: Pauli <suokkos@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andres Salomon <dilinger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <max@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> scripts/package/builddeb | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
> index b19f1f4..8b357b0 100644
> --- a/scripts/package/builddeb
> +++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ for script in postinst postrm preinst prerm ; do
> set -e
>
> # Pass maintainer script parameters to hook scripts
> -export DEB_MAINT_PARAMS="\$@"
> +export DEB_MAINT_PARAMS="\$*"
>
> test -d $debhookdir/$script.d && run-parts --arg="$version"
> $debhookdir/$script.d exit 0
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