GNU bug report logs - #65590
29.0.50; esh-var-test/interp-concat-cmd fails on macOS

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Message #11 received at 65590 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, 65590 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65590: 29.0.50; esh-var-test/interp-concat-cmd fails on macOS
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 20:59:48 +0200

Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> This looks like a race condition when executing this command:
>
>    echo ${*echo "foo\nbar"}-baz
>
> That *should* print "foo\nbar-baz", but it tries to print "-baz" (and
> fails). That appears to be because the subcommand (*echo "foo\nbar")
> produces no output.

I can confirm that the error is intermittent, as I'm not seeing it on a re-run.

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