On 04/01/2013 06:16 AM, Hemmo Nieminen wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: x86_64 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' > -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -march=x86-64 > -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 > -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 > -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin' > -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin' > -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash.bashrc' -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash.bash_logout' > uname output: Linux fcku 3.8.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 20 22:10:25 CET > 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.2 > Patch Level: 45 > Release Status: release > > Description: > Currently it seems to be impossible to e.g. print "-n" with the > builtin > echo witout any extra characters. > > Repeat-By: > Invoke echo with the string "-n" being the string to be outputted. > Expected output: "-n"
NACK. This would violate POSIX, which requires that 'echo' is one of the few apps that MUST NOT have special handling for '--'. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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