Hi, 2010-10-23 07:11, Jonathan Nieder skrev: > >> *) Quoting, see above. > > There are two precedents to compare. BROWSER does some wacko thing > (actually, I never understood it and I fear different programs > have different behavior with shell metacharacters).
It substitutes %s if there's a %s in the string. Take a look at /usr/bin/sensible-browser. > iirc EDITOR and > VISUAL traditionally are passed to the shell somewhat like this: > > sh -c "$EDITOR \"\$1\"" - filename > > or within a shell: > > set -- filename > eval "$EDITOR" '"$1"' Again, why not simply $EDITOR "$1" > I wouldn't mind just forbidding shell metacharacters[*] if you prefer > that. > > [*] > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_02 Yeah, putting metacharacters in a variable is asking for trouble anyway. -- Pelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
