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Re: coreutils-5.1.3 released: bug-fix-only, candidate for stable 5.2.0


From: Thomas Dickey
Subject: Re: coreutils-5.1.3 released: bug-fix-only, candidate for stable 5.2.0
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:46:20 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Jim Meyering wrote:

> That's due to a bug in OSF 5.1's /bin/sh.

it's been Tru64 for a few years.
time to upgrade.

> When I ran that same test a few days ago, I found that it would
> pass when invoked using bash, and so I didn't dig any deeper.
> Your report has prompted me to do more.

>
> Here's some code to demonstrate the OSF /bin/sh failure:
>
>   $ x=//
>   $ eval "echo \$x"
>   /

I just ran this on two different Tru64 5.1 machines, and got two slashes.
Perhaps there's a difference in patches.

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Thomas E. Dickey
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