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From:	Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
Subject:	Re: Bash 3.1.17(9) $@ Expansion error
Date:	Mon, 6 Nov 2006 16:36:52 +0000 (UTC)
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Mark Fortescue <mark <at> mtfhpc.demon.co.uk> writes:

> I have just tried a 'make check' on CSSC-1.0.1 and found a number of
> failures caused by what would appear to be a $@ expansion failure for the
> case where $@ is an empty string.
> It expands to '\x7F' !!!

This may be the same bug as was reported upstream, and patched in bash 3.2:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2006-10/msg00124.html

Can you try the experimental bash 3.2.3-5 and confirm this?

-- 
Eric Blake
volunteer cygwin bash maintainer



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