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AIX and lbracket ([) program - will not install on AIX using installp

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From: Michael Felt <mamfelt <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: AIX and lbracket ([) program - will not install on AIX using installp
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:20:05 +0200

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I know now why I am still using version 8-15
1. I never tried 8.16
2. since version 8.17 (or 16 which I never tried) lbracket gets linked as
the program [

Now, except that I would have a terrible time entering that as a command,
as is it a special character for ksh, and I would think bash the additional
problem with
[ as a commandname, or even as a character in a command name - AIX does not
permit files in an installp package are refused when they include certain
special characters (: and the square brackets I am sure of, there are
probably more).

So, while it is a valid filename - I, personally, see it as an extremely
non-portable command name.

If someone, after installation, would want to create a hardlink to that
name - great. But to have a name like that, I must be too old fashioned -
where is the win? typing
/usr/bin/\[ gets me what?

regards,
Michael

p.s. hints on how to massage Makefile is fine. Not trying to save the world
here :)

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