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-unknown-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/l
Dear Bash maintainers, this very useful construct worked in 3.2:
diff <(sort {a,b}.lst)
but fails in 4.0, breaking scripts for many, no doubt. Such a
substantive change (much more harm than good, in my opinion) ought
always to come with an option to revert to the previous behavior.
Sincere
On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Ettelbrueck, Heiko 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-unknown-linux-g
On 3/4/10 2:36 AM, Ettelbrueck, Heiko wrote:
> Important detail: The local variable is declared and defined in
> the same step with "local VARNAME=$(do something)".
>
> Problem: The $? variable is always 0 after that statement. (If,
> on the other hand, I separate
On 3/4/10 3:43 AM, Ted Bagg wrote:
> Dear Bash maintainers, this very useful construct worked in 3.2:
>
> diff <(sort {a,b}.lst)
>
> but fails in 4.0, breaking scripts for many, no doubt. Such a
> substantive change (much more harm than good, in my opinion) ought
> always to come with an option
