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bug#32703: echo_man_error
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#32703: echo_man_error |
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Date: |
Sun, 23 Sep 2018 19:48:12 -0700 |
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On 11/09/18 11:07, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 9/11/18 11:01 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
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>> $ POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 /bin/echo a\\nb
>> a\nb
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>> Yikes! Even though we asked for POSIX correctness, we are NOT
>> interpreting backslashes. I think this is a bug in GNU coreutils' echo,
>> and could be fixed by the patch below (but the testsuite would also need
>> updates).
I'll push the attached later.
Interesting there were no echo tests until now.
Marking this as done.
cheers,
Pádraig.
echo-posix.patch
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