On Wed, 6 Sep 2023 13:46:01 GMT, Deepa Kumari <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Previously [JDK-8304364](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/13066/files) , > the AIX build process raised complaints about the disk location detection, > incorrectly determining that the build wasn't on a local disk. However, a > partial fix introduced a new problem, the build process consistently reports > that it's on a local disk, even when it's not > The core problem here seems to be that Bash treats quoted commands as string > literals, and it only evaluates them if you use 'eval' directly. > The change ensure that Bash correctly evaluates the **DF** variable as a > command. > > Reported Issue : [JDK-8315786](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8315786) I recall there were some issues (I believe in some older versions of bash) when an empty shell variable was expanded in a if statement. I no longer remember the details, but it has become my habit to always quote shell variables. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15592#issuecomment-1716002664
