On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Kees Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, when comparing this report against bug 483338, I think the patch for > that bug needs to use "eq" rather than "==" for a proper string comparison.
I've just discovered that "eq" can *only* be used for comparing numbers and the use of "==" is working only with 'bash' (not POSIX compliant). For string comparison you should probably use "=" and "!=". Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

