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

[Pavel Tsekov]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> 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.

His comment is related to coreutils and not bash. Anyway, he still
agrees that "printf" should be used. If this is the way to go why
shall we wait ?