Date:	Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:08:38 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	"Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Problems with latest Bash
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On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Mark E. wrote:

> >  - DOS_TEST_HACK=y seems to cause "test -f" to fail and/or crash in
> >    some cases.
> 
> I found the problem and it's so bad I can't believe I didn't run
> into it myself, especially since I've been configuring Binutils from
> CVS periodically. Oh well.

Since it looks like a NULL pointer dereference, Windows probably
simply lets you get away with it.

> How about just DOS_TEST_F so people don't think 'test -x' is
> affected by this variable?

Whatever you see fit.  Just don't put HACK into it ;-).

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