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-rw-r--r--NEWS6
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi2
-rw-r--r--src/echo.c5
-rw-r--r--tests/local.mk1
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/echo.sh66
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/printf.sh5
6 files changed, 79 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a8fa5f2e4..088810fe8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
[This bug was present in "the beginning".]
df no longer corrupts displayed multibyte characters on macOS.
+ [bug introduced with coreutils-8.18]
+
+** Changes in behavior
+
+ echo now always processes backslash escapes when the POSIXLY_CORRECT
+ environment variable is set.
When possible 'ln A B' now merely links A to B and reports an error
if this fails, instead of statting A and B before linking. This
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 30155bb86..f8339d73f 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -12608,7 +12608,7 @@ If the @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} environment variable is set, then when
@command{echo}'s first argument is not @option{-n} it outputs
option-like arguments instead of treating them as options. For
example, @code{echo -ne hello} outputs @samp{-ne hello} instead of
-plain @samp{hello}.
+plain @samp{hello}. Also backslash escapes are always enabled.
POSIX does not require support for any options, and says
that the behavior of @command{echo} is implementation-defined if any
diff --git a/src/echo.c b/src/echo.c
index 9958a8ec6..2aee5acfb 100644
--- a/src/echo.c
+++ b/src/echo.c
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
bool display_return = true;
+ bool posixly_correct = getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT");
bool allow_options =
- (! getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT")
+ (! posixly_correct
|| (! DEFAULT_ECHO_TO_XPG && 1 < argc && STREQ (argv[1], "-n")));
/* System V machines already have a /bin/sh with a v9 behavior.
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
just_echo:
- if (do_v9)
+ if (do_v9 || posixly_correct)
{
while (argc > 0)
{
diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk
index 84d346979..5823886f8 100644
--- a/tests/local.mk
+++ b/tests/local.mk
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ all_tests = \
tests/fmt/base.pl \
tests/fmt/long-line.sh \
tests/fmt/goal-option.sh \
+ tests/misc/echo.sh \
tests/misc/env.sh \
tests/misc/ptx.pl \
tests/misc/test.pl \
diff --git a/tests/misc/echo.sh b/tests/misc/echo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..53e87fb71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/misc/echo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# basic tests for echo
+
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+prog='env echo'
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ echo
+
+
+# Verify the methods of specifying "Escape":
+# Note 4 octal digits are allowed (unlike printf which uses up to 3)
+printf '%s\n' . . . . . | tr . '\033' > exp
+$prog -n -e '\x1b\n\e\n\33\n\033\n\0033\n' > out || fail=1
+compare exp out || fail=1
+
+# Incomplete hex escapes are output as is (unlike printf)
+printf '\\x\n' > exp
+$prog -n -e '\x\n' > out || fail=1
+compare exp out || fail=1
+
+# Always output -- (unlike printf)
+$prog -- 'foo' > out || fail=1
+$prog -n -e -- 'foo\n' >> out || fail=1
+cat <<\EOF > exp
+-- foo
+-- foo
+EOF
+compare exp out || fail=1
+
+# Ensure \c stops processing
+$prog -e 'foo\n\cbar' > out || fail=1
+printf 'foo\n' > exp
+compare exp out || fail=1
+
+# With POSIXLY_CORRECT:
+# only -n as the first (separate) option enables option processing
+# -E is ignored
+# escapes are processed by default
+POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 $prog -n -E 'foo\n' > out || fail=1
+POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 $prog -nE 'foo' >> out || fail=1
+POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 $prog -E -n 'foo' >> out || fail=1
+POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 $prog --version >> out || fail=1
+cat <<\EOF > exp
+foo
+-nE foo
+-E -n foo
+--version
+EOF
+compare exp out || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail
diff --git a/tests/misc/printf.sh b/tests/misc/printf.sh
index 8716c56c8..dccabbe8c 100755
--- a/tests/misc/printf.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/printf.sh
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ $prog '5 % +d\n' 234 >> out || fail=1
# coreutils-5.0.1, it would print six bytes: "6 \41\n".
$prog '6 \41\n' | tr '\41' '!' >> out
-# Note that as of coreutils-5.0.1, printf with a format of '\0002x'
-# prints a NUL byte followed by the digit '2' and an 'x'.
-# By contrast bash's printf outputs the same thing as $(printf '\2x') does.
+# Note that as of coreutils-5.0.1, printf with a format of '\0002y'
+# prints a NUL byte followed by the digit '2' and a 'y'.
$prog '7 \2y \02y \002y \0002y\n' |tr '\0\2' '*=' >> out
$prog '8 %b %b %b %b\n' '\1y' '\01y' '\001y' '\0001y'|tr '\1' = >> out