faq: [#6288] IFS can not be modified in hush(2010)

[#6288] IFS can not be modified in hush

Submitted By: Aaron Wu

Open Date

2010-10-12 05:12:14 Close Date

2011-02-10 05:57:54

Priority:

Medium Assignee:

Nobody

Status:

Closed Fixed In Release:

N/A

Found In Release:

N/A Release:

Category:

N/A Board:

STAMP

Processor:

ALL Silicon Revision:

Is this bug repeatable?:

Yes Resolution:

Out of Date

Uboot version or rev.:

Toolchain version or rev.:

2010R1-RC4

App binary format:

FLAT

Summary: IFS can not be modified in hush

Details:

IFS can not be modified in hush.

How to reproduce:

1)boot up 2010R1 Linux on a blackfin board

2)try to modify the IFS var for shell, you will find something interesting, like:

root:/> IFS=':'

root:/>

More details:

In cgi scripts for netaudio, IFS are dynamically changed to properly parse the command, examples can be found on the target board: /home/httpd/www/html/cgi-bin/ps.cgi or cp.cgi. In the 09R1 version, when set IFS to '+', the command can be successfully parsed for following switch-case handling, while in later version including the 2010R1, it can not. Actually trying to modify the IFS in the statement IFS='+' in ps.cgi causes the shell to behave abnormally.

Follow-ups

--- Mike Frysinger 2010-10-13 15:00:47

you might as well report this upstream rather than going through our tracker:

https://bugs.busybox.net/

--- Aaron Wu 2010-10-13 22:55:42

Thanks Mike, I have reported a bug there

--- Aaron Wu 2010-10-22 07:15:22

Have got the feedback from the busyboxy maintainer, it's fixed and will be

released in busybox version 1.18.x. bug 6198 syntax error in the netaudio

testing is pending on this

--- Sonic Zhang 2011-02-10 02:41:34

Aaron, please check if this bug disappears after Mike update busybox to 1.18.2.