Re: bash-3.2 parse error

[Chet Ramey]

Greg Schafer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> ncurses-5.5 fails to build with bash-3.2 installed as sh. Here's the
> distilled testcase:
> 
> 
> cat > testcase << "EOF"
> TABSIZE=`grep -v '^[ #]' $CAPS | grep -v "^$" | grep -v "^capalias"| grep -v 
> "^infoalias" | wc -l`
> EOF
> 
> $ bash -n testcase
> testcase: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
> testcase: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> 
> 
> It appears to be the `#' character in between the single quotes giving the
> grief. That line works with every bash version prior to 3.2. Thoughts?

I'll look into it.

Chet
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