Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 11:46:06 +0100 From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) To: tege@noisy.matematik.su.se Cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/1052: /bin/sh problem with new GCC (snapshot for 2.8) Message-ID: <199603011046.AA19051@Sysiphos> In-Reply-To: tege@matematik.su.se "bin/1052: /bin/sh problem with new GCC (snapshot for 2.8)" (Feb 29, 23:27)
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On Feb 29, 23:27, tege@matematik.su.se wrote: } Subject: bin/1052: /bin/sh problem with new GCC (snapshot for 2.8) } } >Number: 1052 } >Category: bin } >Synopsis: /bin/sh problem with new GCC (snapshot for 2.8) } >Confidential: no } >Severity: serious } >Priority: low } >Responsible: freebsd-bugs } >State: open } >Class: sw-bug } >Submitter-Id: current-users } >Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 29 14:40:03 PST 1996 } >Last-Modified: } >Originator: Torbjorn Granlund } >Organization: } TMG Datakonsult } >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 } >Environment: } Hardly relevant. } } >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 } } >Fix: } } I don't know of any fix that is compatible with a non-flawed sh. A fix } would be desirable if you want your users that install GCC 2.8 to avoid } problems. Just imagine the flood of bug reports that you will get... } } If you provide me with a (reasonable) fix, I will put it in to the gcc } repository in time for 2.8. How about: sh$ foo=tomte; var=foo; echo `eval echo \$"$var"` (Tested under BASH, too ...) Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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