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

[Pavel Tsekov]

Hello,

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:

> Hi Christian,
>
> On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 23:48 +0200, Christian Hamar alias krix wrote:
>>> Attached patch implements this. This is not a proposition for a final
>>> solution, just a temporary hack for users of bash >= 3.2.
>>>
>>> Do not use with versions of bash <= 2.05b!
>>
>> Thx for the patch. It works with 3.2 (tested)
>>
>> If you can ride with BASH_VERSINFO then maybe this can be go to CVS.
>
> I suppose I will work with the BASH_VERSINFO environment variable. As
> you told me privately it was introduced in bash-2.0, so I suppose I will
> assume version < 2 if the environment variable is not set.

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

I guess the bash maintainer can give you insight on how to properly
detect the bash version (if at all necessary).