Bug#573287: dash: read function does not work as specified in manpage towards backslashes

hi gerrit, mmm... isn't the echo command an external command?... whereis echo echo: /bin/echo /usr/share/man/man1/echo.1.gz /usr/share/man/man3/echo.3ncurses.gz .. should behave the same on different shells, right? i still went and tested your sugestion on my lenny, which gave me also diferent

Bug#573287: dash: read function does not work as specified in manpage towards backslashes

found 573287 0.5.4-12 notfound 573287 0.5.5.1-4 quit On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 07:58:51AM +0100, -=}*/{=- wrote: mmm... isn't the echo command an external command?... whereis echo echo: /bin/echo /usr/share/man/man1/echo.1.gz /usr/share/man/man3/echo.3ncurses.gz It's both $ bash -c 'type

Bug#573287: dash: read function does not work as specified in manpage towards backslashes

Package: dash Version: 0.5.5.1-3 Severity: important the bellow examples explain it: #bash: $ read line echo $line \\ \\ \\ \\ \ \ \ \ $ read -r line echo $line \\ \\ \\ \\ #dash: $ read line echo $line \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ $ read -r line echo $line \\ \\ \ \ -- System