Ken Moffat wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 02:52:30PM +0200, Gilles Espinasse wrote:
>
>> It has been reported on ipcop-devel list that cp foo{,.bak} contruction is
>> broken on Ubuntu-8.04
>>
>> This was on expect instructions
>>
>> cp configure{,.bak}
>> cp: missing destination file operand after `configure{,.bak}'
>> Try `cp --help' for more information.
>>
>> Could it not be prefered to build sed at the beginning, so it is always safe
>> to use sed -i?
>> That's what DYI do and what have been done on ipcop-1.4.
>> Anyway splitting in two instructions (one cp, one sed) could be the most
>> portable way.
>>
>> This construction is actually used on expect, gcc pass2, gzip, perl (in
>> perl, with mv, not cp)
>>
>>
>> Gilles
>>
>>
> Or just require people to use a sane shell ?
>
> ĸen
>
My thought as well. Isn't this a shell feature that is there if a "sane"
shell is used?
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