Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 01:29:14 +0300 (MSK)
From: "Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav AT video DOT yars DOT free DOT net>
Message-Id: <199702232229.BAA28601@video.yars.free.net>
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com, jack AT st DOT rim DOT or DOT jp
Subject: Re: bashb7.zip is now available.

> > IMHO, the proper solution is to support SYSROOT in the c library.
> > That way, bash won't need to guess what is a pathname and what is not.
> > The same about //d/.
> 
> I'm afraid that's a libc rewrite.  I don't have time to even think about
> all the implications of such a change.  For starters, all the places where
> the pathname is checked for `:' as its second character will have to be
> taught about the //d/ thing.  Anyway, `bash' is already very close to
> being perfect (at least for the tasks I need it; and I didn't see anybody
> else complaining about these issues), so I'm not sure such a massive
> change could be justified. 

Yes, the changes are going to be widespread. Anyway, if all agree it is
acceptable for bash to deal with those substitutions, let it stay as is.