NetBSD Problem Report #4932
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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:02:58 -0800 (PST)
From: wormey@eskimo.com
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To: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: sh list processing broken
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>Number: 4932
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: sh doesn't handle lists properly
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: closed
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 03 21:05:00 +0000 1998
>Closed-Date: Tue Feb 03 22:26:08 +0000 1998
>Last-Modified: Wed Feb 04 06:27:35 +0000 1998
>Originator: Steve Allen
>Release: -current Feb 3 1998
>Organization:
I speak only for myself.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD wormey 1.3B NetBSD 1.3B (GENERICTEST) #57: Wed Jan 21 18:30:45 PST 1998 allen@wormey:/usr/src/systest/arch/mac68k/compile/GENERICTEST mac68k
>Description:
sh repeats middle items in a list while processing it
>How-To-Repeat:
Freshly built sh from today's sources:
<73 wormey /bin/sh># obj/sh
# list="a b c d e f"
# for let in $list
> do
> echo $let
> done
a
b
c
d
e
b
c
d
e
f
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: mikel
State-Changed-When: Tue Feb 3 22:26:08 1998
State-Changed-Why:
broken fix for PR 4851 backed out, which fixes this.
>Unformatted:
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$NetBSD: query-full-pr,v 1.51 2026/08/10 02:28:17 riastradh Exp $
$NetBSD: gnats_config.sh,v 1.10 2026/05/13 22:00:09 riastradh Exp $
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