# Re: \[PATCH\] t5528: do not fail with FreeBSD shell

- From: Jeff King \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-06-15 23:04:06 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7651456
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7651423/t.md

```text
On Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 10:19:20PM -0700, Kyle J. McKay wrote:

> >I am not convinced this isn't a violation of POSIX (which specifies that
> >field splitting is done on the results of parameter expansions outside
> >of double-quotes). But whether it is or not, we have to live with it.
> 
> That's not the only problem the shell has, t5560 had an issue, rebase had
> issues.  They've have been worked around.  It probably also affects related
> BSDs' shells as well (at least older versions that didn't change the shell).

Yeah, I hope that didn't come across as "bleh, this shell is not worth
supporting". It was "whether I think it is a bug or not, it is a real
problem and we must work around it".

> >For my own curiosity, what does:
> [...]

Thanks. Weird behavior, certainly, but I think the solution in your
patch is the right thing to do.

-Peff
```