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darcs-all needs Bash but has #!/bin/sh

I get the following error trying to run ./darcs-all get --extra on Ubuntu Edgy:

luke@kryptonitespoon ghc $ ./darcs-all get --extra
[: 126: ==: unexpected operator
warning: adding --partial, to override use --complete
== running darcs get --partial --extra http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/base

darcs failed:  unrecognized option `--extra'

Note that the "unexpected operator" message always appears, with or without --extra. However, it appears that there's a processing loop that gets skipped because of the error, and so the --extra gets passed on to darcs.

If I change the shebang line to "#!/bin/bash", it works. My guess is that either the Bash-ism should be removed, or the shebang line should specify Bash.

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Version 6.7
Type Bug
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