2008/4/17, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Remi Vanicat wrote: [...] > > $ ./t4014-format-patch.sh > > [....] > > * FAIL 8: replay did not screw up the log message > > Hmm. Doesn't fail for me. [...] > I wonder if it is some shell-specific variable expansion issue. What's > your /bin/sh? (I assume, from your email address, that you're using > Debian, and I thought Debian used bash, but maybe that's not true). Debian used bash, but I use dash as /bin/sh > What does > > a="hello\nhi" > echo $a > > result in? here is the problem: $/bin/sh $ a="hello\nhi" $ echo $a hello hi Mmm, I Wonder what posix said about this, but it look like a bug with dash -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
