Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: powerpc OS: darwin8.0 Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='powerpc' -DCONF_OSTYPE='darwin8.0' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='powerpc-apple-darwin8.3.0' -DCONF_VENDOR='apple' -DLOCALEDIR='/scr/vemac1/koenig/bash-3.1/PREINSTALL//usr/local//share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DMACOSX -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -I./lib/intl -I/scr/vemac1/koenig/bash-3.1/ARENA/32/lib/intl -O2 -D_LARGE_FILES -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 uname output: Darwin vemac1 8.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.3.0: Mon Oct 3 20:04:04 PDT 2005; root:xnu-792.6.22.obj~2/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc Machine Type: powerpc-apple-darwin8.3.0
Bash Version: 3.1 Patch Level: 14 Release Status: release Description: $* and $@ show $1 (or $2, only on DEC Alpha) instead of " " (space) as separator of arguments. I've tried both bash 3.1 patch level 5 and 14 on Mac OS X, no difference. bash 3.00.16(2)-release does not show this bug! Repeat-By: ./mactest.sh x y z xxyxz xxyxz xxyxz arg1 = x arg2 = y with the following script: ---- 8< ------- 8< ------- 8< ------- 8< ------- 8< ------- 8< ------- 8< ---- #!/usr/local/bin/bash echo $* echo $@ echo "$@" echo "arg1 = $1" echo "arg2 = $2" ---- 8< ------- 8< ------- 8< ------- 8< ------- 8< ------- 8< ------- 8< ---- further testing on other platforms show the patterns below, so it looks like being a problem on some 64 bit platforms, but not on x86_64 (running SUSE 9.0). we're using gcc-3.3.3 or gcc-3.3.4 for building on those platforms. separator is $1: BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="3" [4]="release" [5]="hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11") xxyxz BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="14" [3]="4" [4]="release" [5]="powerpc-apple-darwin8.0") xxyxz BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="4" [4]="release" [5]="powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.3.0") xxyxz BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="3" [4]="release" [5]="ia64-hp-hpux11.22") xxyxz separator is $2: BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="3" [4]="release" [5]="alphaev56-dec-osf4.0e") xyyyz ok: BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="3" [4]="release" [5]="hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00") x y z BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="2" [4]="release" [5]="hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20") x y z BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="2" [4]="release" [5]="i686-pc-linux-gnu") x y z BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="2" [4]="release" [5]="sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1") x y z BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="2" [4]="release" [5]="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu") x y z BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="3" [4]="release" [5]="sparc-sun-solaris2.8") x y z BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="2" [4]="release" [5]="powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0") x y z BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="5" [3]="3" [4]="release" [5]="mips-sgi-irix6.5") x y z Harald Koenig -- "I hope to die ___ _____ before I *have* to use Microsoft Word.", 0--,| /OOOOOOO\ Donald E. Knuth, 02-Oct-2001 in Tuebingen. <_/ / /OOOOOOOOOOO\ \ \/OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\ \ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO|// Harald Koenig \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ science+computing ag // / \\ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^^^^ ^^^^^ _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash