Re: Bugs in bash (was: Release-critical Bugreport)
Joost Kooij <joost@pc47.mpn.cp.philips.com> writes:
>In fact, I've had more trouble from bash at times when it decided to have
>a fight with libreadline, causing _major_ breakage, than the occasions
>where one insignificant script had a silly bash problem (yes a "bash
>problem", not an "ash problem" IMHO), which in 98% of the cases consists
>of the use of the keyword "function" to declare a function.
I've noticed two more bashisms: "if [ a == b ]" (sh supports only
"="), and "a/very/long/path/foo.{deb,gz}".
I suppose there are more. I think they should be collected and
documented somewhere, such as in the packaging manual.
- Jim Van Zandt
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