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From: bernd@bhpcpd.kembla.oz.au (Bernd Wechner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Problem with /bin/sh in HP-UX 5.11, has it been fixed?
Message-ID: <1990Aug24.174549.7785@bhpcpd.kembla.oz.au>
Date: 24 Aug 90 17:45:49 GMT
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There is a known bug in our shell which causes problems with Cnews shell
scripts. It incorrectly interprets code like this:

VAR=""
case "$VAR" in
   "") echo EMPTY;;
   *)  echo FULL;;
esac

echoing FULL rather than EMPTY.

We are running HP-UX 5.11 on an HP9000 series 500.
uname -a yields "HP-UX bhpcpd 05.11 B 9030X 2304A00202"

Has this bug been fixed? If so, what version would I need?

As an aside, the following works fine (echoing EMPTY):

VAR=""
case $VAR in
   "") echo EMPTY;;
   *)  echo FULL;;
esac

So, this is how I work around it for the time being.

Thanks.
-- 
Bernd Wechner, Research Officer                     (bernd@bhpcpd.kembla.oz.au)
BHP Coated Products Division, Research and Technology Centre
Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia.