Subject: bin/4932: sh list processing broken
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <wormey@eskimo.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/03/1998 21:02:58
>Number:         4932
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sh doesn't handle lists properly
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb  3 21:05:00 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Steve Allen
>Organization:
I speak only for myself.
>Release:        -current Feb 3 1998
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD wormey 1.3B NetBSD 1.3B (GENERICTEST) #57: Wed Jan 21 18:30:45 PST 1998 allen@wormey:/usr/src/systest/arch/mac68k/compile/GENERICTEST mac68k


>Description:
	sh repeats middle items in a list while processing it
>How-To-Repeat:
	
Freshly built sh from today's sources:
<73 wormey /bin/sh># obj/sh
# list="a b c d e f"
# for let in $list
> do
> echo $let
> done
a
b
c
d
e
b
c
d
e
f

>Fix:
	
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: