Re: [BUGS] test failure in t4014-format-patch.sh with master

2008/4/17, Linus Torvalds [off-list ref]:

 On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Remi Vanicat wrote:

[...]

 > $ ./t4014-format-patch.sh
 > [....]
 > * FAIL 8: replay did not screw up the log message

 Hmm. Doesn't fail for me.

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 I wonder if it is some shell-specific variable expansion issue. What's
 your /bin/sh? (I assume, from your email address, that you're using
 Debian, and I thought Debian used bash, but maybe that's not true).

Debian used bash, but I use dash as /bin/sh

 What does

        a="hello\nhi"
        echo $a

 result in?

here is the problem:

$/bin/sh
$ a="hello\nhi"
$ echo $a
hello
hi

Mmm, I Wonder what posix said about this, but it look like a bug with dash