[Pkg-lirc-maint] Bug#471422: Bug#471422: Bug#471422: Bug#471422: lirc: bashism in /bin/sh script

[Sven Mueller]

Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote on 18/03/2008 17:49:
> Agreed, the current use of local in lirc's initscript is neither covered by
> SUSv3, the exceptions from SUSv3 described in Debian policy 10.4, nor 
> actually providing any vital functionality in said initscript, therefore it 
> has been fixed in svn:
> 	http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-lirc-changes/2008-March/000392.html

I looked at your patch, and to be honest, I would have solved this issue 
by replacing
    local a=foo
with
    local a
    a=foo
instead of just removing the local declaration. Any problem with me 
reverting your patch and doing as described above? I just think it is 
the cleaner approach.

regards,
Sven

PS: No offence meant though.