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Subject: bin/6087: sh doesn't work properly on certain configuration scripts
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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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