[bug #18136] MC wont work with new bash-3.2 propeply with all directories.

[Pavel Tsekov]

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 11:45 +0200, Pavel Tsekov wrote:
>> IMO, if you intend to work on a fix you should follow the
>> suggestion of the bash maintainer to switch over to using
>> "printf" - not only for bash but for all cases.  Of course
>> a fallback may be required. After all according to bash
>> maintainer:
>>
>>    "Use of `echo' in portable applications has been deprecated for years."
>>
>> See: http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-bash@gnu.org/msg02150.html
>
> Yes, I read that comment. However I'm not prepared to start breaking the
> functionality of shells that I never use.

This is a rather strange statement. As a developer you should try to
go beyond your personal preferences. Changes to the subshell shall be
tested with all supported shells and on as many platforms as possible.
>From Chet Ramey's statement it is clear that using printf is the right
thing to do.