Re: [coreutils] Re: Builds of coreutils-8.6.19-1369f

2010-11-13 Thread Jim Meyering
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Jim Meyering wrote on Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 12:22:13PM CET: >> Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> > * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 06:14:05PM CET: >> >> Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> >> > - Posix does not require IFS to be set upon script startup. It >> >> > only require

Re: [coreutils] Re: Builds of coreutils-8.6.19-1369f

2010-11-07 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 12:22:13PM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 06:14:05PM CET: > >> Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > >> > - Posix does not require IFS to be set upon script startup. It only > >> > requires > >> > that, if IFS is unse

Re: [coreutils] Re: Builds of coreutils-8.6.19-1369f

2010-11-07 Thread Jim Meyering
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 06:14:05PM CET: >> Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> > - Posix does not require IFS to be set upon script startup. It only >> > requires >> > that, if IFS is unset, word splitting ought to behave as if it were set to >> > space, tab,

Re: [coreutils] Re: Builds of coreutils-8.6.19-1369f

2010-11-07 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 06:14:05PM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > - Posix does not require IFS to be set upon script startup. It only > > requires > > that, if IFS is unset, word splitting ought to behave as if it were set to > > space, tab, and newline, in that order. Th

Re: [coreutils] Re: Builds of coreutils-8.6.19-1369f

2010-11-06 Thread Jim Meyering
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hello, > > * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 02:55:47PM CET: >> Jim Meyering wrote: >> > Andreas Schwab wrote: >> >> Jim Meyering writes: >> >>> cat <<\EOF > init.cfg >> >>> f() >> >>> { >> >>> case $IFS in '') exit 91;; esac >> >>> local s=$IFS >> >>> cas

Re: [coreutils] Re: Builds of coreutils-8.6.19-1369f

2010-11-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello, * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 02:55:47PM CET: > Jim Meyering wrote: > > Andreas Schwab wrote: > >> Jim Meyering writes: > >>> cat <<\EOF > init.cfg > >>> f() > >>> { > >>> case $IFS in '') exit 91;; esac > >>> local s=$IFS > >>> case $s in '') exit 97;; esac > >>> } > >

Re: [coreutils] Re: Builds of coreutils-8.6.19-1369f

2010-11-06 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: > Andreas Schwab wrote: >> Jim Meyering writes: >> >>> For the record, I reduced it to this, >>> where /bin/sh is /usr/local/bin/bash, which is 4.1.7: > > Actually, /bin/sh is *not* bash on that particular system. > Rather, it's simply FreeBSD 8.1's /bin/sh. > That requires a