Why does bogofilter need bash?

[Matthias Andree]

Jef Poskanzer <jef at acme.com> writes:

>>These need bash according to the #! line:
>>
>>contrib/randomtrain
>>contrib/scramble
>>contrib/trainbogo.sh
>
> My bogofilter distribution doesn't seem to include the third file,
> but the other two use shell functions.  Classic sh can not handle
> those.  Current sh versions do handle them.

You'll need to drop the "function" key word for pdksh. If I've missed
trainbogo.sh, I'll add it while I'm at it.

> I also spotted an argument construct in randomtrain - ${1:0-1:1} - that
> I'm not sure classic sh would handle.

It won't. ash barfs.

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