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Re: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)]
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Chet Ramey |
Subject: |
Re: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)] |
Date: |
Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:01:20 -0500 |
> Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 2.04
> Patch Level: 11
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> The behavior of bash differs from Bourne and Korn shells when
> handling syntax such as "variable=value . script". I'm not
> sure how to describe it in detail - but the behavioral change
> from Bourne/Korn shell to Bash is exhibited in the test scripts
> attached to this bug report.
>
> The impact to us is that bourne shell scripts using the above
> syntax on man Unix platforms fail on Redhat Linux which uses
> bash as it's default command interpreter (symlink to /bin/sh).
Half of this was easy to fix; the other half surprisingly tricky. The fix
will appear in bash-2.05.
--
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