Bug#288182: Why do we not reset IFS? (was: Bug#288182: tetex-bin postinst fails when calling fmtutil)
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 02:23:39PM +0100, Frank K?ster wrote:
> Now for the real problem. In tetex-bin's postinst, we have:
>
> OIFS='$IFS'
> IFS=' ,'
> lang="$RET"
> for l in $lang; do
> [...]
> done
> # IFS='$OIFS'
>
> [...]
>
> | - don't restore IFS setting, this gave strange effects
>
> Unfortunately, I couldn't find on the list what those "strange effects"
> would be. Does anybody remember what the reason was?
Would changing the first and last lines to
OIFS="$IFS"
...
IFS="$OIFS"
using double-quote marks solve the problems? I assume it would!
Julian
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