Comment 2 for bug 139097
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| Paul Smith (psmith-gnu) wrote Re: dash 0.5.3-5ubuntu2 variable expansion error using local | #2 |
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(Get the code!)
This is not a bug. "local" is a bash-specific feature which is not defined in the POSIX standard for sh (the POSIX shell).
If you want to run scripts that require bash-specific features, then you should change them to use #!/bin/bash at the top; by using #!/bin/sh you are agreeing that your shell script uses POSIX-compliant features only and will run with a POSIX standard shell.
Cheers!