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Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 19:35:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] echo: always process escapes when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set
* src/echo.c (main): Always enable backslash processing if
POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.
* tests/misc/echo.sh: Add (the first) test for the echo command.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* tests/misc/printf.sh: Update a stale comment.
* doc/coreutils.texi (echo invocation). Mention that POSIXLY_CORRECT
now always enables backslash processing.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/32703
Issue identified by Eric Blake.
---
NEWS | 6 ++++
doc/coreutils.texi | 2 +-
src/echo.c | 5 ++--
tests/local.mk | 1 +
tests/misc/echo.sh | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tests/misc/printf.sh | 5 ++--
6 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 tests/misc/echo.sh
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a8fa5f2e43..088810fe8b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
[This bug was present in "the beginning".]
df no longer corrupts displayed multibyte characters on macOS.
+ [bug introduced with coreutils-8.18]
+
+** Changes in behavior
+
+ echo now always processes backslash escapes when the POSIXLY_CORRECT
+ environment variable is set.
When possible 'ln A B' now merely links A to B and reports an error
if this fails, instead of statting A and B before linking. This
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 30155bb86a..f8339d73f8 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -12608,7 +12608,7 @@ If the @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} environment variable is set, then when
@command{echo}'s first argument is not @option{-n} it outputs
option-like arguments instead of treating them as options. For
example, @code{echo -ne hello} outputs @samp{-ne hello} instead of
-plain @samp{hello}.
+plain @samp{hello}. Also backslash escapes are always enabled.
POSIX does not require support for any options, and says
that the behavior of @command{echo} is implementation-defined if any
diff --git a/src/echo.c b/src/echo.c
index 9958a8ec63..2aee5acfbd 100644
--- a/src/echo.c
+++ b/src/echo.c
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
bool display_return = true;
+ bool posixly_correct = getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT");
bool allow_options =
- (! getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT")
+ (! posixly_correct
|| (! DEFAULT_ECHO_TO_XPG && 1 < argc && STREQ (argv[1], "-n")));
/* System V machines already have a /bin/sh with a v9 behavior.
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
just_echo:
- if (do_v9)
+ if (do_v9 || posixly_correct)
{
while (argc > 0)
{
diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk
index 84d3469797..5823886f84 100644
--- a/tests/local.mk
+++ b/tests/local.mk
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ all_tests = \
tests/fmt/base.pl \
tests/fmt/long-line.sh \
tests/fmt/goal-option.sh \
+ tests/misc/echo.sh \
tests/misc/env.sh \
tests/misc/ptx.pl \
tests/misc/test.pl \
diff --git a/tests/misc/echo.sh b/tests/misc/echo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..53e87fb71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/misc/echo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# basic tests for echo
+
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see