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

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Pavel Tsekov wrote:

>> 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.

That's his statement.  Jim Meyering's comment is more reasonable.

(bash 3.2 is broken anyway - perhaps 3.3 will be usable).

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