>>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
RW> Posix allows shells to have IFS unset at startup (and some older Debian RW> ash versions -- IIRC distributed with RedHat -- do this); unset IFS is RW> fine since the shell is required to behave as if it were set to space RW> tab newline. However, set but empty IFS is different: it disables field RW> splitting: oIFS=$IFS; ...; IFS=$oIFS. RW> The patch below fixes this for install-sh and mkinstalldirs. OK? Yes, thanks. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz Shared books are happy books. http://www.bookcrossing.com/friend/gadl
