[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Namcap release coming soon

[Guillaume ALAUX]

On 8 June 2010 16:58, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Forwarding to the public list is your best option; going to one
> > developer is a good way for your email to get lost.
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Guillaume ALAUX <guillaume at alaux.net>
> > Date: Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:54 AM
> > Subject: Re: [arch-dev-public] Namcap release coming soon
> > To: dpmcgee at gmail.com
> >
> >
> > Hi Dan,
> > Didn't really how to answer your mail as I don't have write access to
> > the list so I'm just answering directly to you:
> >> If anyone [...] knows of very small issues that need fixing ...
> > When namcap'ing a package including scripts that use '#!/bin/sh'
> > instead of '#!/bin/bash', output is something like the following:
> > pkgname E: Dependency detected and not included (sh) from files
> ['script.sh']
> > (I know the AL standard page on the wiki says we should use bash
> > rather than sh but these are scripts included in the original
> > tarball.)
> > As we don't have any sh package that error sounds strange to me (I
> > have this "issue" on one of my packages in AUR)
> > Should we change these scripts so that they use bash instead of sh or
> > should we change namcap in order for it not to yield such error?
>
> Namcap needs to be fixed to recognize provides. The bash package
> currently provides sh, so there should be no error here.
>
> -Dan
>

Well even though bash provides sh (as a link), namcap says "Dependency
detected and not included (sh) from files"

See the comments on one of my AUR package:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37110

-- Guillaume ALAUX