Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 11:40:01 -0700 (PDT) From: woods@zeus.leitch.com (Greg A. Woods) To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/6577: /bin/sh environment variables not set in simple commands Message-ID: <199805121840.LAA26202@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/6577; it has been noted by GNATS. From: woods@zeus.leitch.com (Greg A. Woods) To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Subject: Re: bin/6577: /bin/sh environment variables not set in simple commands Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 14:35:42 -0400 (EDT) [ On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 12:52:46 (-0700), iverok@sum.uio.no wrote: ] > Subject: bin/6577: /bin/sh environment variables not set in simple commands > > FOO=bar eval echo \$FOO > outputting "bar" to build. It outputs nothing. This is contrary to > the documented behaviour (for Simple Commands) and to observed > behaviour on AiX, Digital Unix and on bash. Just FYI, this works A-OK with PD KSH v5.2.13 97/10/27 -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 443-1734 VE3TCP <gwoods@acm.org> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <woods@planix.com>; Secrets of the Weird <woods@weird.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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