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From: joseph@hpuplca.HP.COM (	Joseph Hohl )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Problem with /bin/sh in HP-UX 5.11, has it been fixed?
Message-ID: <410012@hpuplca.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Aug 90 19:46:08 GMT
References: <1990Aug24.174549.7785@bhpcpd.kembla.oz.au>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Pleasanton Calif. Sales Office
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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?
> -- 

It seems to have been fixed.  My uname yields:
 
	  HP-UX hpuplca 05.21 B 9020X 2240A00271

but it is actually release 5.3.  I tried your test and came out with
EMPTY rather than FULL like you did.

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

Joseph