Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 21:39:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r265615 - stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes Message-ID: <201405072139.s47Ld15o000695@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Wed May 7 21:39:01 2014 New Revision: 265615 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/265615 Log: Document r264423, sh(1) changes in variable assignments with 'local', 'export', and 'readonly'. Helped by: jilles (thanks!) Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Modified: stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Modified: stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml ============================================================================== --- stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Wed May 7 21:38:33 2014 (r265614) +++ stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Wed May 7 21:39:01 2014 (r265615) @@ -568,6 +568,17 @@ &man.openpam.ttyconv.3; library has been completely rewritten.</para> + <para revision="264423">The &man.sh.1; command interpreter has + been updated to expand assignments after + <literal>export</literal>, <literal>local</literal>, and + <literal>readonly</literal> differently. As result of this + change, variable assignment such as <literal>local + v=$1</literal> will assign the first positional + parameter to <literal>v</literal>, even if + <literal>$1</literal> contains spaces, and + <literal>local w=<replaceable>~/myfile</replaceable></literal> + will expand the tilde (<literal>~</literal>).</para> + <sect3 xml:id="periodic-scripts"> <title>&man.periodic.8; Scripts</title>
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