Re: [PATCH] Avoid bug in Solaris xpg4/sed as used in submodule

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Re: [PATCH] Avoid bug in Solaris xpg4/sed as used in submodule

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:53:32

Ben Walton [off-list ref] writes:
For some reason, I thought that using {x,y} range notation wasn't
valid in this scenario, but I think I was mistaken.  It seems to be
widely used elsewhere throughout the code.
Where?  Only two test scripts seem to use it and worse yet, one of them
uses it doubly incorrectly.

Re: [PATCH] Avoid bug in Solaris xpg4/sed as used in submodule

From: Ben Walton <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:53:32

Excerpts from Junio C Hamano's message of Mon Apr 09 20:31:36 -0400 2012:
quoted
For some reason, I thought that using {x,y} range notation wasn't
valid in this scenario, but I think I was mistaken.  It seems to be
widely used elsewhere throughout the code.
Where?  Only two test scripts seem to use it and worse yet, one of them
uses it doubly incorrectly.
I guess widely wasn't a good choice...My search wasn't narrow enough
earlier.  Was I correct in my original thinking that the range
notation isn't to be used then?

Thanks
-Ben
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Ben Walton
Systems Programmer - CHASS
University of Toronto
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