Once upon a time, Callum Lerwick <seg@xxxxxxxxxx> said: > Step 9, which looks like this: > > cat <<EOF > /etc/profile.d/java.sh > export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jre1.5.0_06 > export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH > EOF > > Results in this: > > # cat /etc/profile.d/java.sh > export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jre1.5.0_06 > export PATH=/bin:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib64/ccache:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin <snip> > So... bash 3.1 has definitely changed the way variable expansion is > done, namely it expands things it didn't used to expand. Bug or feature? > Either way, beware. Nope, nope, and nope. base 3.1 hasn't changed that, it isn't a bug, nor a "feature". It is the standard documented behavior and I believe the behavior all the way back to the beginning of the Bourne shell. The only bug is in poor (and apparently untested) instructions. -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
