On 7/31/22 2:10 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
-: "${PERL='perl'}"
+: "${PERL="perl"}"
I had not expected that this would make a difference, but it does. This
sequence of commands
: "${F='perl'}"
echo "F=$F"
produces
F='perl'
POSIX is weird in some places...
Single quotes aren't speci
> -: "${PERL='perl'}"
> +: "${PERL="perl"}"
I had not expected that this would make a difference, but it does. This
sequence of commands
: ${A=perl}
: ${B="perl"}
: ${C='perl'}
: "${D=perl}"
: "${E="perl"}"
: "${F='perl'}"
echo "A=$A"
echo "B=$B"
echo "C=$C"
echo "D=$D"
echo "E=$E"
echo "F=$F"
p
> 2022-07-23 Bruno Haible
>
> Avoid DoS vulnerability through unsafe default assignment.
> See https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2223 .
This change caused an error in gendocs.sh:
Generating monolithic html... (env LANG= LC_MESSAGES= LC_ALL= LANGUAGE=
makeinfo --no-
Bruno Haible
Avoid DoS vulnerability through unsafe default assignment.
See https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2223 .
* MODULES.html.sh (func_tmpdir): Surround default assignment with
double-quotes.
* build-aux/bootstrap: Likewise.
* build-aux
