Lintian tag: example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check

Type: pedantic

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

Running this shell script with the shell's -n option set fails, which
means that the script has syntax errors. The most common cause of this
problem is a script expecting /bin/sh to be bash checked on a system using
dash as /bin/sh.

Run e.g. sh -n yourscript to see the errors yourself.

Note this can have false-positives, for an example with bash scripts using
"extglob".

Visibility: pedantic
Show-Always: no
Check: script/syntax

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