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Date:      Thu, 29 Feb 1996 22:50:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: bin/1053: /bin/sh problem with new GCC (snapshot for 2.8) 
Message-ID:  <199603010650.WAA20974@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/1053; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To: tege@noisy.matematik.su.se
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/1053: /bin/sh problem with new GCC (snapshot for 2.8) 
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 08:42:08 +0200

 > >Description:
 > 
 > The /bin/sh of FreeBSD doesn't work as on other systems, or like bash.
 > The problem seems to be with the builtin `eval'.
 > 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 
 > bash$ foo=tomte; var=foo; echo `eval echo \\$$var`
 > tomte
 > sh$ foo=tomte; var=foo; echo `eval echo \\$$var`
 > 5578var
 
 This is a duplicate (different technique) of my bin/1030.
 
 M



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