On 1/31/10 5:26 PM, Mark Polesky wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL
> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib -g -O2
> -Wall
> uname output: Linux localhost 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10
> 17:01:44 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 4.0
> Patch Level: 33
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> `help test' output is missing `==' string equality operator.
I'm not going to add it. The `==' operator was really intended only for
the [[ conditional command; the fact that it works in test is a side
effect. Let's stick with the Posix syntax. (No, that doesn't mean I'm
going to remove it from the documentation.)
Chet
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