Index: trunk/packages/sipb-xen-base/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/packages/sipb-xen-base/debian/changelog	(revision 1298)
+++ trunk/packages/sipb-xen-base/debian/changelog	(revision 1303)
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
+sipb-xen-base (8.29) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * gen-files.sh: degrade gracefully to plain-old sh
+
+ -- Greg Price <price@mit.edu>  Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:06:54 -0400
+
 sipb-xen-base (8.28) unstable; urgency=low
 
Index: trunk/packages/sipb-xen-base/files/lib/init/gen-files.sh
===================================================================
--- trunk/packages/sipb-xen-base/files/lib/init/gen-files.sh	(revision 1298)
+++ trunk/packages/sipb-xen-base/files/lib/init/gen-files.sh	(revision 1303)
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 # Generates files from templates.
 # Files should be named in an array variable GEN_FILES.
+# If BASH_VERSION is null or unset, accepts only one file.
 
-gen_files()
-{
-  for f in "${GEN_FILES[@]}"; do
-    mako-render $f.mako >$f
-  done
-}
+if [ $BASH_VERSION ]; then
+  gen_files()
+  {
+    for f in "${GEN_FILES[@]}"; do
+      mako-render "$f".mako >"$f"
+    done
+  }
+else
+  gen_files()
+  {
+    mako-render "$GEN_FILES".mako >"$GEN_FILES"
+  }
+fi