Marc Branchaud [off-list ref] writes:
It's FreeBSD 7.2, which I know is an obsolete version but I'm not able to
upgrade the machine. I believe FreeBSD's sh is, or is derived from, dash.
Finally. Yes, as you suspected, I am perfectly fine to explicitly
set IFS to the default values.
I wanted to have specific names to write in the commit log message,
in-code comments and possibly release notes. That way, people can
decide if the issue affects them and they should upgrade once the
fix is made.