Github user jwadamson commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/ant/pull/24 Oh, and the final two lines of ant script needed quotes to preserve intra-argument whitespace properly --Jeff On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Jeff Adamson <jwadam...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I think I figured out some of this in terms of why escaping was so > funny. > Also found an issue with sed on mac (no group-0 reference) in my earlier > fix. > > The bash variable replacement syntax is perfect, but while it works on > bash and ksh, does not on dash (other shells unknown). > > Outside of that, the only problem (other than non-mac, non-ubuntu testing) > remaining is whitespace handling. > > I looked into using awk insetad of sed. That might be better in terms of > portability, but has the same empty line/newline style problems parsing > input arguments. > > I can not figure out a way to do a 100% white-space-preserving string > replacement using the typical commands. > > My sample command is: > >> >> ./ant --execdebug -v "-Dfoo=dollar\$_backtick\`_single'_double\"_trailingbackslash\\" >> "-Dbar=trailingnewline >> " > > > And test build.xml is : > >> <project default="default"> >> <target name="default"> >> <echo>start</echo> >> <echo>foo=${foo}</echo> >> <echo message="bar=${bar}X${line.separator} Y"/> >> <echo>done</echo> >> </target> >> </project> > > > Current version which includes hard coded flags for using any of bash, > sed, or awk is here > https://github.com/jwadamson/ant-1/tree/fix-60150_1.9.x > and > https://github.com/jwadamson/ant-1/blob/fix-60150_1.9.x/src/script/ant > > > I am now sub'd to the dev and user ant lists. If I the thread for this > topic I can include this info. > > > > --Jeff > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Stefan Bodewig <notificati...@github.com > > wrote: > >> Thanks Jeff. I've asked for help on the dev and user mailing lists. It's >> not only Solaris but also HP/UX which may be even more difficult to get >> hold of. >> >> â >> You are receiving this because you were mentioned. >> Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub >> <https://github.com/apache/ant/pull/24#issuecomment-252668112>, or mute >> the thread >> <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AANHKy2YBd6xACbgz-QE19bzA63VxPw2ks5qymRFgaJpZM4KA3ym> >> . >> > >
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