Re: [PATCH] Remove bash dependency for nscd init script

[Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>]

* Khem Raj via Libc-alpha:

> The nscd init script uses #! /bin/bash but only really uses one bashism
> (translated strings), so remove them and switch the shell to #!/bin/sh.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
> ---
>  nscd/nscd.init | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/nscd/nscd.init b/nscd/nscd.init
> index a882da7d8b..b02986ec15 100644
> --- a/nscd/nscd.init
> +++ b/nscd/nscd.init
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -#!/bin/bash
> +#!/bin/sh
>  #
>  # nscd:		Starts the Name Switch Cache Daemon
>  #
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ prog=nscd
>  start () {
>      [ -d /var/run/nscd ] || mkdir /var/run/nscd
>      [ -d /var/db/nscd ] || mkdir /var/db/nscd
> -    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
> +    echo -n "Starting $prog: "

I believe “echo -n” is still a bashim.  The current-POSIX portable
solution is to use printf.  But “echo -n” might actually be *more*
portable than printf in practice.

Thanks,
Florian