how can I get off this list (unsubscribe)? thanks all Imad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Tredinnick" <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 8:08 PM Subject: Re: RH9 breaks bash ? > On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 12:36, Tim Mooney wrote: > [...] > > I meant to mention this earlier -- Have you tested this *without* the > > extra leading 0? I've always seen the escape sequences documented as > > > > \NNN octal character NNN > > > > but you have 4 digits, which might mean that the sequence is not being > > interpreted as you expect. > > (Not sure why we are having a shell discussion on rpm-list, but > anyway...) This was another thing that changed between a minor version > upgrade in bash at one point (the interpretation of octal codes changed > to match POSIX). A leading zero after a backslash in echo strings caused > the next three digits to be read in the later version (which may have > been the RH 9 one -- my memory is hazy), rather than just reading three > digits in total. An absolutely criminal change for such a minor version > increase, since it broke any number of scripts that were previously > using well-documented features. > > Such is life. :-( > > malcolm > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
