Hi Peter, On 29 Jan 2013, at 20:17, Peter Rosin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-01-29 13:27, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> >> Normally, @command{printf} is safer and easier to use than @command{echo} >> -and @command{echo -n}. Thus, you should use @command{printf '%s\n'} >> +and @command{echo -n}. Thus, you should use @command{printf "%s\n"} > > Shouldn't it be > > printf "%s\\n" > > when you write it outside single quotes?
Apparently not; before my original patch, AS_ECHO would (under the right circumstances) expand to 'printf "%s\n"' (single backslash), and indeed passes the testsuite again now that I've patched it to expand to the same under all circumstances. Cheers, -- Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)
