Hi
Ok, thanks then I know.
Best regards,
// Ola
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:56:20AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Yes, this change was intended, upstream writes:
>
> "changed from 3.1 to 3.2, for Posix conformance. `echo -e' (and the
> corresponding xpg_echo shell option) now conform to the POSIX standard
> and accept 0-3 octal digits after a (required) leading `\0'.
>
> The xpg_echo and `echo -e' code should be identical. There are lots
> of ways to indicate that backslash escapes should be interpreted --
> maybe too many -- but when they are, they should behave consistently.
>
> This is why portable applications should use printf."
>
>
> Ola Lundqvist writes:
> > Thanks a lot! We'll see what the bash maintaier says about this.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > // Ola
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:14:39AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > > clone 477969 -1
> > > reassign -1 bash
> > > found -1 3.2-2
> > > notfound -1 3.1dfsg-9
> > > retitle -1 bash: echo -e no longer interprets \nnn
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > On 27/04/08 at 23:00 +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > > > Hi Lucas
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the report.
> > > >
> > > > However I do not understand the error code in this case. It complains
> > > > about
> > > > a stray '\' but there is no '\' character in that file. Have you seen
> > > > this
> > > > before and know what the problem is?
> > >
> > > drivers.c contains:
> > > static const CALDRIVER *driver_registry\133\135 = {
> > > &icap_driver,
> > > &mstore_driver,
> > > NULL
> > > };
> > >
> > > note the \133\135, which isn't there after unpacking the sources.
> > >
> > > It seems to be that configure is at fault here:
> > > rm --force drivers.c
> > > echo -e 'static const CALDRIVER *driver_registry\133\135 = {' > drivers.c
> > >
> > > This is caused by a change in bash 3.2. With bash 3.1:
> > > *** [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ printf '\133\n'
> > > [
> > > *** [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo -e '\133'
> > > [
> > >
> > > With bash 3.2:
> > > grelon-62:~# printf '\133\n'
> > > [
> > > grelon-62:~# echo -e '\133'
> > > \133
> > >
> > > This seems to be on purpose (the man page was updated as well), but I'm
> > > not
> > > sure if it's correct.
>
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