>Number: 170759 >Category: bin >Synopsis: bsdinstall(8) produces "unexpected operator" error when passed >multi-word first-argument containing whitespace >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Aug 18 21:30:09 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Devin Teske >Release: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE i386 >Organization: FIS Global, Inc. >Environment: FreeBSD scribe9.vicor.com 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:15:25 UTC 2012 r...@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: When executing bsdinstall(8) with a multi-word first-argument, you get an "unexpected operator" error. >How-To-Repeat: Execute: bsdinstall foo Result: No error, as expected Execute now: bsdinstall foo\ bar Result: [: foo: unexpected operator >Fix: The problem is surely line 37 of bsdinstall(8) shown below:
if [ -z $VERB ]; then Which should be instead: if [ -z "$VERB" ]; then >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
