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Re: testing Autoconf with awk
From: |
Tim Rice |
Subject: |
Re: testing Autoconf with awk |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:23:44 -0800 (PST) |
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > * lib/autotest/general.m4 (at_help_all): Initialize with a here
> > document rather than a shell string literal, to avoid triggering
> > some OpenUnix 5.0.7 ksh buffer overflow.
>
> Surely this should be "OpenServer 5.0.7" rather than "OpenUnix 5.0.7"?
Yes. (Looks like I'm a bad proof reader)
> Also, Tim, is this original 5.0.7, or Update Pack 3, or some other
> update pack? If it's not Update Pack 3 perhaps we can just ask people
> to apply the vendor-recommended patches.
Hmm, I have not loaded Maintenance Pack 5 yet.
It is currently at MP4
>
> I'd rather avoid this patch if we can avoid it. Here-documents are
> trouble.
This message probably crossed paths with my post with test results.
Please do NOT apply this patch.
> > I wonder whether we should just document "use bash" on these systems.
>
> That'd be fine with me, if the issue is limited to OpenServer 5.0.7.
It's really an issue with OpenServer 5.0.x not just 5.0.7.
>
>
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- testing Autoconf with awk, Ralf Wildenhues, 2006/12/09
- Re: testing Autoconf with awk, Tim Rice, 2006/12/12
- Re: testing Autoconf with awk, Ralf Wildenhues, 2006/12/13
- Re: testing Autoconf with awk, Tim Rice, 2006/12/13
- Re: testing Autoconf with awk, Ralf Wildenhues, 2006/12/14
- Re: testing Autoconf with awk, Tim Rice, 2006/12/14
- Re: testing Autoconf with awk, Ralf Wildenhues, 2006/12/16
- Re: testing Autoconf with awk, Tim Rice, 2006/12/16
- Re: testing Autoconf with awk, Paul Eggert, 2006/12/17
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- Re: testing Autoconf with awk, Ralf Wildenhues, 2006/12/19