Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 02:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/1052: /bin/sh problem with new GCC (snapshot for 2.8) Message-ID: <199603011040.CAA03191@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/1052; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, tege@matematik.su.se Cc: Subject: Re: bin/1052: /bin/sh problem with new GCC (snapshot for 2.8) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 21:29:09 +1100 >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 fixed in the following versions of ash: the one in FreeBSD-1.1.5 the original one + assorted fixes from various places the one in BSD-4.4lite2 Bruce
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