Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:55:35 -0800 (PST) From: giffunip@asme.org To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/6087: sh doesn't work properly on certain configuration scripts Message-ID: <199803211955.LAA15097@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 6087
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: sh doesn't work properly on certain configuration scripts
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Mar 21 12:00:01 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Pedro F. Giffuni
>Organization:
U. Nacional de Colombia
>Release: 2.2.5-R
>Environment:
FreeBSD giffuni.usc.unal.edu.co 2.2.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE #0: Wed Mar 18 23:19:52 COT 1998 pedro@giffuni.usc.unal.edu.co:/usr/src/sys/compile/COMPAQ i386
>Description:
While using a configure script a problem with FreeBSD's sh was revealed.
The author of the script claims this is not a bash specific feature.
TBH Solaris doesn't have this bug either
>How-To-Repeat:
#!/usr/bin/sh
foobar=""
if test -n ""$foobar; then
echo "Help, I am broken"
fi
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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