Package: pdksh Version: 5.2.14-21 Severity: normal According to POSIX[*], "test \( ! -e \)" is a 4-argument test and is here equivalent to "test ! -e". Note: here "-e" is not a switch, just an non-empty string like in "test ! -e". But pdksh (like ksh93, bash and dash, for which a bug has also been reported) yields an error:
$ test \( ! -e \) || echo $? pdksh: test: missing closing paren 2 However this one is correct: $ test ! -e || echo $? 1 The "test" utility from the Coreutils on the 4-argument test is correct: $ /usr/bin/test \( ! -e \) || echo $? 1 (ditto with the latest zsh versions). [*] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/test.html In particular, see the text starting at "The algorithm for determining the precedence of the operators". -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.13-ws-intel64-p4 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages pdksh depends on: ii debianutils 2.28.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries pdksh recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
