Re: bash-4.2(42) on AIX 6.1 has broken command expansion in double-quoted strings

2013-02-27 Thread Chet Ramey
On 2/27/13 1:26 PM, Jason Vas Dias wrote: > Hi bash gurus - bash appears to be broken on AIX 6.1 - I'd really > appreciate some advice : > > With bash-4.2 patchlevel 42 (the latest available as of today from > ftp.gnu.org ), > on AIX, the resultant bash built with gcc-4.7.2 and system ld + as, >

bash-4.2(42) on AIX 6.1 has broken command expansion in double-quoted strings

2013-02-27 Thread Jason Vas Dias
Hi bash gurus - bash appears to be broken on AIX 6.1 - I'd really appreciate some advice : With bash-4.2 patchlevel 42 (the latest available as of today from ftp.gnu.org ), on AIX, the resultant bash built with gcc-4.7.2 and system ld + as, ends up being broken wrt to command output in strings: $