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Re: Man gets to be su?



"Ben Collins" wrote:
> > burrken:/home/eof# man
> > su: option requires an argument -- c
> 
> I just tried this exact thing and had no problem. Can I ask what version
> of kernel you are running? I had some weird similar problem running the
> latest 2.3.47-pre.

Seems to be a typo in one of the latest 2.3.47pre that would cause #!
scripts with arguments to fail.  (And sure enough, man has an argument)
The following fixes it: (pulled this off linux-kernel)

--- fs/binfmt_script.c~ Sat Feb 19 23:15:04 2000
+++ fs/binfmt_script.c  Sun Feb 20 00:42:28 2000
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
        i_name = cp;
        i_arg = 0;
        for ( ; *cp && (*cp != ' ') && (*cp != '\t'); cp++)
-               /* nothing */
+               ; /* nothing */
        while ((*cp == ' ') || (*cp == '\t'))
                *cp++ = '\0';
        if (*cp)


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