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

Affected packages

source	version	binary	tag type	tag	information	count
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/ascii2.sh]	1
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/here-commsub.sh]	1
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/insertion-sort.bash]	1
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/missing-keyword.sh]	1
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/pb.sh]	1
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/mailbox_grep.sh]	1
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/readpipe.sh]	1
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/find-splitpara.sh]	1
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/is_spammer.bash]	1
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/bashpodder.sh]	1
abs-guide	10-4	abs-guide/10-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/ascii3.sh]	1
argus-clients	1:3.0.8.2-6.3	argus-client/1:3.0.8.2-6.3	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/argus-client/examples/Startup/rasplit]	8
argus-clients	1:3.0.8.2-6.3	argus-client/1:3.0.8.2-6.3+b1	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/argus-client/examples/Startup/rasplit]	1
bash	5.2.32-1	bash-doc/5.2.32-1	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/bash/examples/functions/dirstack]	1
bash	5.3~alpha1-1	bash-doc/5.3~alpha1-1	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/bash/examples/functions/dirstack]	1
dvbtune	0.5.ds-5	dvbtune/0.5.ds-5	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/dvbtune/examples/scan_ge_c.sh]	7
dvbtune	0.5.ds-5	dvbtune/0.5.ds-5+b1	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/dvbtune/examples/scan_ge_c.sh]	2
eccodes	2.38.3-1	libeccodes-dev/2.38.3-1	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/libeccodes-dev/examples/extra/message_count.sh]	5
grengine	3.1.0+dfsg-1	libgrengine-java/3.1.0+dfsg-1	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/libgrengine-java/examples/run-unit-test]	1
libterralib	4.3.0+dfsg.2-12.2	libterralib-doc/4.3.0+dfsg.2-12.2	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/libterralib-dev/examples/image_processing/bin/run_all_tests_unix.sh]	1
libterralib	4.3.0+dfsg.2-12.2	libterralib-doc/4.3.0+dfsg.2-12.2	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/libterralib-dev/examples/image_processing/run_all_tests_unix.sh]	1
mgetty	1.2.1-1.4	mgetty-docs/1.2.1-1.4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/mgetty/examples/new_fax.pbm]	1
mh-book	200605-2.3	mh-book/200605-2.3	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/mh-book/examples/mh/bin/fpick]	1
ns2	2.35+dfsg-6	ns2-examples/2.35+dfsg-6	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/ns2/examples/tcl/test/test-suite-plm.tcl]	1
ns2	2.35+dfsg-6	ns2-examples/2.35+dfsg-6	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/ns2/examples/tcl/test/test-suite-wpan.tcl]	1
openfoam	1912.200626-3	openfoam-examples/1912.200626-3	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/openfoam-examples/examples/combustion/fireFoam/LES/compartmentFire/validation/createGraphs]	1
openfoam	1912.200626-3	openfoam-examples/1912.200626-3	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/openfoam-examples/examples/verificationAndValidation/schemes/divergenceExample/Allrun]	1
rsyncrypto	1.14-1.2	rsyncrypto/1.14-1.2+b2	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/rsyncrypto/examples/tests/regtestw32]	8
rsyncrypto	1.14-1.2	rsyncrypto/1.14-1.2+b2	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/rsyncrypto/examples/tests/regtest]	8
rsyncrypto	1.14-1.2	rsyncrypto/1.14-1.2+b3	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/rsyncrypto/examples/tests/regtest]	1
rsyncrypto	1.14-1.2	rsyncrypto/1.14-1.2+b3	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/rsyncrypto/examples/tests/regtestw32]	1
ucf	3.0043+nmu1	ucf/3.0043+nmu1	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/ucf/examples/postinst]	1
xmlstarlet	1.6.1-4	xmlstarlet/1.6.1-4	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/xmlstarlet/examples/xmlstarlet.msys]	8
xmlstarlet	1.6.1-4	xmlstarlet/1.6.1-4+b1	pedantic	example-shell-script-fails-syntax-check	[usr/share/doc/xmlstarlet/examples/xmlstarlet.msys]	1