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Date:      Thu, 26 Aug 1999 22:48:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Thomas Gellekum <tg@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/bin/sh miscbltin.c sh.1 
Message-ID:  <199908270548.WAA34683@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 26 Aug 1999 01:16:28 MST." <199908260816.BAA74032@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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> tg          1999/08/26 01:16:28 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     bin/sh               miscbltin.c sh.1 
>   Log:
>   Make the behaviour of `read -e', ie. treating backslashes as special,
>   the default. Add -r option for the read builtin to reverse this.
>   
>   PR:		13274
>   Reviewed by:	cpiazza, hoek, sheldonh

Since the `-e' option has now gone away, it may be a good idea to issue a
HEADS-UP on -current.  A better alternative may be to keep the `-e' option, 
and have it clear ``rflag'', just so that people invoking `read -e' will 
still see the expected behaviour.

Regards,
Koshy
<jkoshy@freebsd.org>


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