On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 01:38:19AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 07:25:01PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > > > This is quite odd. I assume you are using bash. The man page clearly says: > > > > SHELL GRAMMAR > > Simple Commands > > A simple command is a sequence of optional variable assignments > > followed by blank-separated words and redirections, and terminated by a > > control operator. > > > > Unless your scripts are wrapping the command with something, I can't see > > where there would be a problem. > > > > -- Bruce > > Yes, I'm using /tools/bin/bash and the command isn't wrapped in > anything (but with >$LOG 2>&1 after it). > > As you say, it is odd. Heh, give me enough time and I'll break > anything ;) > I'll also note that most of my non-LFS linux experience is with the kernel. So, I know that documentation is not to be trusted.
Maybe the bash version/patch we are using doesn't match the manpage. Or maybe it's something specific to my scripts. I'm merely reporting my results. If you have a 64-bit-capable x86 processor on which i686 builds by the book, then you can ignore this. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
