Re: [bug?] echo -n does not work as described

[Kevin Korb <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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This is what I get:
% dash -c 'type echo; echo -n foo; echo foo'
echo is a shell builtin
- -n foo
foo


On 11/12/2015 03:35 AM, Seb wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 10:46:02PM -0500, Kevin Korb wrote:
> 
>>>> By the way, 'echo -n' is non-portable, and POSIX says you 
>>>> should use 'printf' instead.
>> 
>> If dash refuses to supply a compatible version of echo then dash
>> must not include a builtin version of echo.  If dash didn't have
>> a broken embedded version of echo I wouldn't have a problem.
> 
> dash just claims to be compatible with POSIX, not with *sh. If you
> look for something like this (lighter than bash but with many of
> its features), glance rather at mksh:
> 
> https://www.mirbsd.org/mksh.htm
> 
> Now, I don't understand the present issue, all seems just work as 
> expected here (0.5.8):
> 
> $ dash -c 'type echo; echo -n foo; echo foo' echo is a shell
> builtin foofoo
> 
> ++ Seb.
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