Re: Success (mostly) with the testsuite

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:

Akim> David, could you run it too?

Here is his answer.

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From: David Morgan <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Success (mostly) with the testsuite
To: Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
X-Sent: 18 hours, 25 minutes, 49 seconds ago
Organization: Symark Software

Hi,

Here are the results (attached)

Regards
 David

Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> As far as I'm concerned, I'm lost.  I'm no longer sure your problem is
> really related to ${FOO=$bar}, or, more precisely, that it is *only*
> related to this.
> 
> This debate already partly happened, see `config.status is broken
> under Ultrix' on
> 
>         http://sources.redhat.com/ml/autoconf/2000-01/threads.html
> 
> Unfortunately, a lot of messages seem to be missing, and moreover
> Harlan and I exchanged several private messages about this :(  I lost
> track of the precise diagnostic.
> 
> Harlan, do you still have an Ultrix handy?  In that case, how does the
> following script behave?  David, could you run it too?
> 
>   
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>    test.shName: test.sh
>           Type: Bourne Shell Program (application/x-sh)+ nl=

+ tab=  
+ space= 
+ IFS=  
+ foo=One line
+ bar=Two
lines
+ print Direct use
Direct use
+ print {One}
{One}
+ print {line}
{line}
+ print {Two
lines}
{Two
lines}
+ print

+ print Indirect Use with Quotes
Indirect Use with Quotes
+ : One line
+ : Two
lines
+ print {One}
{One}
+ print {line}
{line}
+ print {Two
lines}
{Two
lines}
+ print

+ print Indirect Use without Quotes
Indirect Use without Quotes
+ : One line
+ : Two
lines
+ print {line}
{line}
+ print {Two
lines}
{Two
lines}
+ print

+ print NL in IFS
NL in IFS
+ IFS=  

+ print

+ print Direct use
Direct use
+ print {One}
{One}
+ print {line}
{line}
+ print {Two}
{Two}
+ print {lines}
{lines}
+ print

+ print Indirect Use with Quotes
Indirect Use with Quotes
+ : One line
+ : Two
lines
+ print {One}
{One}
+ print {line}
{line}
+ print {Two}
{Two}
+ print {lines}
{lines}
+ print

+ print Indirect Use without Quotes
Indirect Use without Quotes
+ : One line
+ : Two lines
+ print {line}
{line}
+ print {lines}
{lines}