OK, that confirms that what Martin said is true of Snow Leopard, which I don't think was in question. But he said it had been true since Leopard, and that's the part that I think is in error. If it wasn't changed until SL, that would also explain why the current problem didn't show up until SL.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Ben Abbott<bpabb...@mac.com> wrote: > > On Sep 1, 2009, at 5:15 AM, Mark J. Reed wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Martin Costabel<costa...@wanadoo.fr> >> wrote: >>> >>> Mark J. Reed wrote: >>>> >>>> OK, now I'm confused. On my Leopard box (10.5.8), /bin/sh is a link >>>> to bash - hm, a separate copy, actually - and behaves just like bash >>>> does in 'sh mode' on other platforms, including honoring -n in echo. >>> >>> Read "man bash" about the startup procedure. Bash behaves differently >>> when >>> it is started under the name "sh". >> >> I know. That's what I meant by "bash in 'sh mode'". Pasted from >> Terminal: >> >> $ sh >> sh-3.2$ echo -n Hello >> Hellosh-3.2$ exit >> $ sh --posix >> sh-3.2$ echo -n Hello >> Hellosh-3.2$ >> >> Are you sure you're not thinking of a developer prerelease of SL >> rather than Leopard?] > > I'm using Snow Leopard purchased from Apple. > > ben-abbotts-macbook-pro:~ bpabbott$ sh > sh-3.2$ echo -n Hello > -n Hello > sh-3.2$ exit > exit > ben-abbotts-macbook-pro:~ bpabbott$ sh --posix > sh-3.2$ echo -n Hello > -n Hello > sh-3.2$ exit > exit > ben-abbotts-macbook-pro:~ bpabbott$ echo -n Hello > Helloben-abbotts-macbook-pro:~ bpabbott$ > > Ben > > -- Mark J. Reed <markjr...@gmail.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
