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Re: CVS commit: src/distrib/sets
> It is posix compliant, but falls foul of a common shell bug.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/autoconf/Shell-Substitutions.html
>
> Avoid commands that contain unbalanced parentheses in here-documents,
> comments, or case statement patterns, as many shells mishandle them.
> For example, Bash 3.1, ksh88, pdksh 5.2.14, and Zsh 4.2.6 all
> mishandle the following valid command:
>
> echo $(case x in x) echo hello;; esac)
Thanks. I've never known this.
I wonder why we don't have ${TOOL_SH}.
Masao
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