diff --git a/lib/functions.in b/lib/functions.in
index f673d19..2b98936 100644
--- a/lib/functions.in
+++ b/lib/functions.in
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ function eval_config_command() {
 	config_command="$configprefix $configscript"
 	sub_scripts="$( find $( dirname $configscript ) -name configure )"
 
-	if [ "$cleanconfopt" == "0" ]; then
+	if [ "$cleanconfopt" = "0" ]; then
 		config_command="$config_command $@"
 	else
 	# remove unsupported config script options
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ pkginstalled() {
 
 	if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
 		return 1	# nothing
-	elif [ "$1" == "-f" ]; then
+	elif [ "$1" = "-f" ]; then
 		effective=1; shift
 	elif atstage rebuild; then
 		effective=1
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ autoextract_zip() {
 # Main program for building a package
 #
 build_this_package() {
-	if [ ".$desc_SRC" == "." ] ; then
+	if [ ".$desc_SRC" = "." ] ; then
 		# Autodetect source tar and extract it
 		#
 		if [ "$srctar" = auto ] ; then
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ build_this_package() {
 		
 		if [ -z "$custmain" ]; then
 			while [ ${buildloop:-1} -le ${buildloops:-1} ]; do
-			[ "${buildloops:-1}" == "1" ] || echo "loop ${buildloop:-1} of ${buildloops:-1} for $xsrctar."
+			[ "${buildloops:-1}" = "1" ] || echo "loop ${buildloop:-1} of ${buildloops:-1} for $xsrctar."
 
 			hook_eval preconf
 
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ source_file() {
 	local pre= file="$2" url="$3" mirror="mirror"
 
 	# '-' as $url prefix means, nomirrorable
-	[ "${url:0:1}" == "-" ] && mirror="local"
+	[ "${url:0:1}" = "-" ] && mirror="local"
 	
 	# inside Build-Pkg $archdir is set
 	if [ -n "$archdir" ]; then
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ match_source_file() {
 	local x= file= url= mirror=
 	local found=1
 
-	if [ "$1" == "-p" ]; then
+	if [ "$1" = "-p" ]; then
 		showpath=1; shift
 	fi
 	pattern="$1"; shift
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ match_source_file() {
 			if [ $showpath -eq 0 ]; then
 				echo $file
 			else
-				[ "${url:0:1}" == "-" ] && mirror="local" || mirror="mirror"
+				[ "${url:0:1}" = "-" ] && mirror="local" || mirror="mirror"
 				echo $base/download/${mirror}/${file:0:1}/$file
 			fi
 		done < <( grep -e "^\[D\].*$pattern" $base/package/*/$package/$package.desc )
diff --git a/lib/init/formats/tail.in b/lib/init/formats/tail.in
index 6f52a46..e73c6cc 100644
--- a/lib/init/formats/tail.in
+++ b/lib/init/formats/tail.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tail_read() {
 	local verbose=1 file= output= query=
 	local query= count=2
 
-	if [ "$1" == "-q" ]; then
+	if [ "$1" = "-q" ]; then
 		verbose=
 		shift
 	fi
diff --git a/lib/misc/PackBuildInfo.sh b/lib/misc/PackBuildInfo.sh
index f116779..3371634 100755
--- a/lib/misc/PackBuildInfo.sh
+++ b/lib/misc/PackBuildInfo.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 config=default
-if [ "$1" == "-cfg" ]; then
+if [ "$1" = "-cfg" ]; then
 	config=$2; shift; shift
 fi
 
diff --git a/lib/misc/RegressionsReport.sh b/lib/misc/RegressionsReport.sh
index ce5f102..77d6640 100755
--- a/lib/misc/RegressionsReport.sh
+++ b/lib/misc/RegressionsReport.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config=default
 TARGET=regressions
 revision=`svn info | sed -n 's,^Revision: \(.*\),\1,p'` 
 
-if [ "$1" == "-cfg" ]; then
+if [ "$1" = "-cfg" ]; then
 	config="$2"; shift 2
 fi
 
diff --git a/lib/misc/adddownload.sh b/lib/misc/adddownload.sh
index bd8316f..09ae080 100644
--- a/lib/misc/adddownload.sh
+++ b/lib/misc/adddownload.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fi
 confdir=$( echo package/*/$1 )
 package=$1; shift
 rep="$( echo $confdir | cut -d'/' -f 2 )"
-if [ "$rep" == "*" ]; then
+if [ "$rep" = "*" ]; then
 	echo "failed"
 	echo -e "\tpackage $package doesn't exist!\n"
 	exit
diff --git a/lib/misc/cacheinjector.sh b/lib/misc/cacheinjector.sh
index af9003a..6a88698 100755
--- a/lib/misc/cacheinjector.sh
+++ b/lib/misc/cacheinjector.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 config=default
-if [ "$1" == "-cfg" ]; then
+if [ "$1" = "-cfg" ]; then
 	config="$2"
 	shift; shift
 fi
diff --git a/lib/misc/copypackage.sh b/lib/misc/copypackage.sh
index 465e999..78d7f79 100755
--- a/lib/misc/copypackage.sh
+++ b/lib/misc/copypackage.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cppkg() {
 		if [ -f $to/var/adm/flists/$pkg ]; then
 			echo "$pkg: already present at target ($to)"
 			cut -d' ' -f2- $to/var/adm/flists/$pkg | while read -r f; do
-				if [ "$f" == var/adm/flists/$pkg ]; then
+				if [ "$f" = "var/adm/flists/$pkg" ]; then
 					true
 				elif [ ! -d "$to/$f" ]; then
 					rm -vf "$to/$f"
diff --git a/lib/misc/showsorteddeps.sh b/lib/misc/showsorteddeps.sh
index cedea7c..1356c98 100644
--- a/lib/misc/showsorteddeps.sh
+++ b/lib/misc/showsorteddeps.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cachefiles=
 packages=
 config=default
 
-if [ "$1" == "-cfg" ]; then
+if [ "$1" = "-cfg" ]; then
 	config="$2"
 	shift; shift
 fi
diff --git a/lib/sde-download/mirror-test.sh b/lib/sde-download/mirror-test.sh
index ad47dfe..41254f7 100644
--- a/lib/sde-download/mirror-test.sh
+++ b/lib/sde-download/mirror-test.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 # 
 # Filename: lib/sde-download/mirror-test.sh
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 # 
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 # 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ while read name country admin url ; do
 		sed -e 's:,:.:' -e 's:[\.,]...$::' )"
 
 	# compare
-	if [ "${speed:-0}" == "0" ]; then
+	if [ "${speed:-0}" = "0" ]; then
 		echo ' failed' 1>&2
 	else
 		echo " $speed B/s" 1>&2
diff --git a/lib/sde-package/new-freshmeat.sh b/lib/sde-package/new-freshmeat.sh
index 97b352b..5df8703 100644
--- a/lib/sde-package/new-freshmeat.sh
+++ b/lib/sde-package/new-freshmeat.sh
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ read_fm_config() {
     fi
 }
 
-if [ "$1" == "-main" ] ; then
+if [ "$1" = "-main" ] ; then
 	create_main=1
 	shift
 fi
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ fi
 echo "ok"
 echo -n "Creating $package.conf ... "
 
-if [ "$create_main" == "1" ] ; then
+if [ "$create_main" = "1" ] ; then
 	cat >>$package.conf <<-EOF
 ${package}_main() { 
     : TODO
diff --git a/lib/sde-package/new.in b/lib/sde-package/new.in
index e17a4e2..27a22e9 100644
--- a/lib/sde-package/new.in
+++ b/lib/sde-package/new.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 # 
 # Filename: lib/sde-package/new.in
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 # 
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 # 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ package_new() {
 
 		if [ ! -d "${new_repository}" ]; then
 			# uhm, it doesn't exist yet
-			if [ "$new_repository" == "${new_repository//\//}" ]; then
+			if [ "$new_repository" = "${new_repository//\//}" ]; then
 				# uh, just a repo name
 				new_repository="$SDEROOT/package/$new_repository"
 			elif [ -d "$SDEROOT/${new_repository%/*}" ]; then
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ package_new() {
 	fi
 
 	# on this tree, and at package/
-	[ "${new_repository%/*}" == "$SDEROOT/package" ] || 
+	[ "${new_repository%/*}" = "$SDEROOT/package" ] ||
 		echo_abort 1 "invalid repository location. (${new_repository%/*})"
 
 	if [ ! -d "$new_repository" ]; then
diff --git a/lib/sde-package/new.sh b/lib/sde-package/new.sh
index dac2b64..5b208cf 100644
--- a/lib/sde-package/new.sh
+++ b/lib/sde-package/new.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
+# 
 # Filename: lib/sde-package/new.sh
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-#
+# 
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
+# 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 # the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # if -main is specified.
 #
 
-if [ "$1" == "-main" ] ; then
+if [ "$1" = "-main" ] ; then
 	create_main=1
 	shift
 fi
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ echo >> $confdir/$package.desc
 echo "ok"
 echo -n "Creating $package.conf ... "
 
-if [ "$create_main" == "1" ] ; then
+if [ "$create_main" = "1" ] ; then
 	cat >>$confdir/$package.conf <<-EEE
 ${package}_main() { 
 	: TODO