From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 11 12:30:02 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40046592 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:30:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DCA2236D for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rABCU1X9010193 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:30:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id rABCU1sU010192; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:30:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:30:01 GMT Message-Id: <201311111230.rABCU1sU010192@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Torbjorn Granlund Subject: Re: bin/166994: m4(1): m4's eval function ignores documented 2nd and 3rd arguments X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Torbjorn Granlund List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:30:02 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/166994; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Torbjorn Granlund To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/166994: m4(1): m4's eval function ignores documented 2nd and 3rd arguments Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:29:18 +0100 This bug report is for FreeBSD 9. It is NOT patched. The m4 command malfunctions in 8.x for any x and 9.y for any y. The documentation nevertheless continues to mention 3 arguments for the eval functions. It is not a bug that the 2nd and 3rd arguments are ignored; there is simply no code in m4 that attempts to implement that functionality. Please, please either fix eval to honour 3 arguments, or document it in m4's man page as accepting just 1 argument for 8-STABLE and 9-STABLE. (As things stand now, No FreeBSD release or snapshot work for me on Haswell: The m4 bug makes releases inappropriate, kernel panics make amd64 FreeBSD 10 prereleases unusable, and clang bugs make i386 FreeBSD 10 prereleases unusable...) --=20 Torbj=C3=B6rn