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[Sebastien Bacher <2004007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

+ * Impact
+ 
+ The cronjob included in the package errors out due to incorrect shell
+ syntax
+ 
+ * Testcase
+ 
+ $ sudo /etc/cron.daily/ocsinventory-agent
+ 
+ triggered manually or by crong should work without error
+ 
+ * Regression potential
+ 
+ The job depends on bash now and wouldn't work on system without that
+ shell installed. It's unlikely that bash isn't going to be installed
+ though and even in that case it wouldn't be a regression since the
+ script is already not working
+ 
+ ---------------------------------
+ 
  Ubuntu 22.04 comes with ocsinventory-agent in version 2:2.8-2. In this
  version /etc/cron.daily/ocsinventory-agent holds the `$RANDOM` bashism.
  As `/bin/sh` links to `dash` by default the script exits with an error:
  
  ```
  $ dash /etc/cron.daily/ocsinventory-agent
  /etc/cron.daily/ocsinventory-agent: 19: arithmetic expression: expecting primary: " /100 "
  ```
  
  There is also an older debian bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
  bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=988245

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  cronjob fails in dash

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