mythweb.postinst: 31: Syntax error: Bad substitution (fix is to use Bash instead)

Same issue persists in the latest package.... Please look at including the patch in the previous posting.

Setting up mythweb (0.20-0.6ubuntu2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mythweb.postinst: 31: Syntax error: Bad substitution
dpkg: error processing mythweb (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mythweb

It seems the stuff I've reported so far on myth and LCDproc sits unconfirmed/unassigned and I have to re-fix with each package rev update... I'm curious if there there a way to get my bug reports noticed a bit quicker (I do include fixes where I find them)? Is there something else on Launchpad I should be doing also? Do people generally announce their bugs on IRC or something?

Cheers,
-G

Sebastian can we get the bashism fixed or change the shell required for this to work?

Fabio

Fixing the bashism would involve changing all lines of the form:

  DEFAULTS=${DEFAULTS/db_server/db_host}

... to:

  DEFAULTS="$(printf %s "$DEFAULTS" | sed 's/db_server/db_host/')"

(Test this first!)

Attached is a patch to fix this, as well as fix the application detecting the user name, database, password, and mysql server for the machine mythweb is being installed on.

Changes:
 mythplugins (0.20-0.6ubuntu4) edgy; urgency=low
 .
   * Make mythweb.postinst use bash instead of sh (Closes Ubuntu: #63493)
Files:
 30f21268dc8f28d63862287d17d30f68 1271 graphics optional mythplugins_0.20-0.6ubuntu4.dsc
 920c0ff4beb988d86a19c8229ef3348d 15603 graphics optional mythplugins_0.20-0.6ubuntu4.diff.gz