bash-3.1-7 BUG

Mon Sep 18 02:54:00 GMT 2006

Carlo Florendo wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>>>> I think this is getting a little off-track. Another option just 
>> means another
>> area for people who don't understand what's going on to trip and fall 
>> and then
>> come and bug the list as a result. IMO, there's already such an 
>> option, even
>> without changing bash. It's called 'd2u'. Let's not over-think and 
>> over-do
>> things here. There's pain involved in that too. I'm not convinced 
>> that it's
>> worth the pain to all for the benefit of a few. Of course, I firmly 
>> believe
>> that what can and will be done here is Eric's call. He's the one 
>> that will be
>> maintaining it.
>>>> You've got the keyverb: overdo
>> We've already got d2u. There is a point in making bash scripts work 
> with CRLF endings but at the expense of a slower and a little bit 
> larger bash, I think. (If I'm wrong here, I'm sorry, I haven't seen 
> bash's code.)
>> d2u is much simpler. For the sake of simplicity and elegance, let's 
> go d2u.
>> Best Regards,
>> Carlo
>This was an old thread. Sorry for the late reply. I didn't check the 
dates. 
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Carlo Florendo
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