diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9c1dcf4..438b877 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ Sun Jan 15 2012 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan(a)gmail.com>
   * tests/test01_pkgquality - Davide Madrisan:
     Avoid pipes otherwise the error counter will not display a correct value.
 
++ update
+  * templates/kde4, templates/standard-daemon
+    Do not use '&>/dev/null'. It's not dash compatible.
+
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Changes in version 1.8.2
diff --git a/templates/kde4 b/templates/kde4
index 3b8d744..a0be78e 100644
--- a/templates/kde4
+++ b/templates/kde4
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 @fi:shared_libraries
 @if:icons_mimetypes
 ## remove the following line if this package has no hicolor icons
-touch --no-create %{_kde4_icondir}/hicolor &>/dev/null
+touch --no-create %{_kde4_icondir}/hicolor >/dev/null 2>&1
 ## remove the following line if this package has no oxygen icons
-touch --no-create %{_kde4_icondir}/oxygen &>/dev/null
+touch --no-create %{_kde4_icondir}/oxygen >/dev/null 2>&1
 @fi:icons_mimetypes
 exit 0
 
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ exit 0
 ## remove the following line if no dynamic libraries are provided by this package
 /sbin/ldconfig
 @fi:shared_libraries
-update-desktop-database -q &>/dev/null
-update-mime-database %{_kde4_mimedir} &>/dev/null
+update-desktop-database -q >/dev/null 2>&1
+update-mime-database %{_kde4_mimedir} >/dev/null 2>&1
 ## remove the following line if this package has no hicolor icons
-gtk-update-icon-cache %{_kde4_icondir}/hicolor &>/dev/null
+gtk-update-icon-cache %{_kde4_icondir}/hicolor >/dev/null 2>&1
 ## remove the following line if this package has no oxygen icons
-gtk-update-icon-cache %{_kde4_icondir}/oxygen &>/dev/null
+gtk-update-icon-cache %{_kde4_icondir}/oxygen >/dev/null 2>&1
 exit 0
 @fi:icons_mimetypes
 
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ exit 0
 @fi:shared_libraries
 @if:icons_mimetypes
 if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
-\   update-desktop-database -q &>/dev/null
-\   update-mime-database %{_kde4_mimedir} &>/dev/null
+\   update-desktop-database -q >/dev/null 2>&1
+\   update-mime-database %{_kde4_mimedir} >/dev/null 2>&1
 ## remove the following two lines if this package has no hicolor icons
-\   touch --no-create %{_kde4_icondir}/hicolor &>/dev/null
-\   gtk-update-icon-cache %{_kde4_icondir}/hicolor &>/dev/null
+\   touch --no-create %{_kde4_icondir}/hicolor >/dev/null 2>&1
+\   gtk-update-icon-cache %{_kde4_icondir}/hicolor >/dev/null 2>&1
 ## remove the following two lines if this package has no oxygen icons
-\   touch --no-create %{_kde4_icondir}/oxygen &>/dev/null
-\   gtk-update-icon-cache %{_kde4_icondir}/oxygen &>/dev/null
+\   touch --no-create %{_kde4_icondir}/oxygen >/dev/null 2>&1
+\   gtk-update-icon-cache %{_kde4_icondir}/oxygen >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
 @fi:icons_mimetypes
 exit 0
diff --git a/templates/standard-daemon b/templates/standard-daemon
index 638e8f8..4dc9047 100644
--- a/templates/standard-daemon
+++ b/templates/standard-daemon
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ This package includes the %{name} API documentation.
 
 %pre
 /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -r -d <service_homedir> \\
-\   -c "service description" <service_name> &>/dev/null || :
+\   -c "service description" <service_name> >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 
 %post
 if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ exit 0
 
 %preun
 if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
-\   /sbin/service <daemon_name> stop &>/dev/null || :
+\   /sbin/service <daemon_name> stop >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 \   /sbin/chkconfig --del <daemon_name>
 fi
 @if:infopages
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ exit 0
 
 %postun
 if [ $1 -ge 1 ]; then
-\   /sbin/service <daemon_name> condrestart &>/dev/null || :
+\   /sbin/service <daemon_name> condrestart >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 fi
 exit 0