On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 04:58:06PM -0700, toww wrote: [...] > Description: > There seems to be a new incompatibility or incorrect string parsing in how > the Google "repo" utility interacts with the bash shell. Previously I could > invoke the "repo" command, passing to it a string to execute multiple > commands separated by semicolons (';' characters), and all commands would > execute. (...)
How is it a bug in GNU bash? The problem seems to be in the "repo" utility. I suggest you direct this report to them instead. > (...) Now with the latest bash 4.3.38, only the first command executes, > and processing stops at the semicolon. 4.3.38 was released around 3 years ago, so it's not that "new". Bash is currently at 4.4.23.