hi Alexandre,
I'm sorry to insist, but we've met this bug several times, and we
never had a clear definition of it. I'd like to fix Autoconf but
understanding why it's fixed :)
The problem with Ultrix is probably that somehow it changes the 8th
bit of the variable values. But `when' is the question that remains
to be answered.
I believe it is ${var="$val"} which is responsible. But OTOH, it's
hard to find an explanation for the requirement of both "", ${ = },
and $val.
This is what I want to determine: what exactly is the guilty
construct. By the way, I'm talking to Alexandre, but anybody with an
access to Ultrix could answer (hint hint!). Please, include uname -a.
The problem is:
--------------------
french="Premier second"
english="First second"
: ${French="$french"} ${English=$english}
for i in $French $English
do
echo $i
done
--------------------
gives
Premier second
first
second
instead of
Premier
second
first
second
My bet is that IFS splitting is not performed because
`: ${French="$french"}' sets the 8bit. That's what I would like to
observe. Maybe it is actually the quotes that make this change. For
instance, Alexandre, what do you get for:
----------------------------------------
french="Premier second"
english="First second"
echo "$french" | cat -v
echo $french | cat -v
echo "$english" | cat -v
echo $english | cat -v
: ${French="$french"}
: ${English=$english}
echo "$French" | cat -v
echo $French | cat -v
echo "$English" | cat -v
echo $English | cat -v
----------------------------------------
Thanks!
Akim
PS/ If anybody could give me an access to an Ultrix... Pleeeeeeez.
