Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/10/02/13:53:41
On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Olivier Perron wrote:
>
> > With that version of bash, if I type: echo "foo" >/dev/null
> > I have the following error: bash: /dev/null: No such file or directory
> > (ENOENT)
>
> This is a bug in stock v2.01 libc.a. Get the patched libc (see the
> FAQ for a URL), rebuild Bash, and this problem should go away.
>
> (The bug is in the function `_truename' that is called by `stat': the
> version bundled with stock v2.01 didn't support /dev/foo names.)
>
Yes, but I do *have* the patched libc with the _truename *you* gave me a
couple of weeks ago when I had to rebuild bash !
So, I'm completly lost !
On which libc should I rely ? on which patches ?
Olivier.
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