Subject: Re: bin/33472: /bin/sh does not expand "$@" correctly
To: None <gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org, rillig@NetBSD.org>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/12/2006 19:50:03
The following reply was made to PR bin/33472; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/33472: /bin/sh does not expand "$@" correctly
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 20:57:55 +0100

 On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 07:25:03PM +0000, rillig@NetBSD.org wrote:
 > >Number:         33472
 > >Category:       bin
 > >Synopsis:       /bin/sh does not expand "$@" correctly
 > 
 > $ set -- "" ""
 > $ echo $#
 > 2
 > $ echo "$@" | sed s,\$,EOL,
 > EOL
 > $
 
 $ set -- a ""; echo "$@" | hexdump -C
 also fails to add a space following the 'a'.
 
 	David
 
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 David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk