cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ast-users] "test \( ! -e \)" yields an error --------
> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:46:41 +0100 > From: Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bug#455824: ksh: "test \( ! -e \)" yields an error > > Package: ksh > Version: 93s+20071105-1 > Severity: normal > > According to POSIX[*], "test \( ! -e \)" is a 4-argument test and is > here equivalent to "test ! -e". But ksh93 yields an error: > > $ test \( ! -e \) || echo $? > ksh93: test: argument expected > 2 > $ test ! -e || echo $? > 1 > > The "test" utility from the Coreutils is correct: > > $ /usr/bin/test \( ! -e \) || echo $? > 1 > > [*] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/test.html > > - -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages ksh depends on: > ii libc6 2.7-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > > ksh recommends no packages. > > - -- no debconf information > Thanks for the report. I have fixed this for ksh93t and if there is a ksh93s+ patch it will be moved into it. David Korn [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
