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Subject:    RE: busybox r18513: [ 10 -gt 1000 ] is true?
From:       "Jan Evert van Grootheest" <Jan-Evert.van.Grootheest () Vialis ! nl>
Date:       2007-04-27 4:47:25
Message-ID: AFCCD15DA174304DB974E41F7562AB3402A2436A () pe2650-ex-hlm ! intravialis ! nl
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> Van: busybox-bounces@busybox.net 
> [mailto:busybox-bounces@busybox.net] Namens Clem Taylor
> 
> I upgraded from a 20070312 snapshot to r18513 because of 
> problems with some applets printing the wrong usage. The 
> usage problem is gone, but my startup scripts started doing 
> weird things.
> 
> It seems that ash now does the following:
> [ 10 -gt 10 ] && echo "10 gt 10"
> [ 10 -gt 100 ] && echo "10 gt 100"
> [ 10 -gt 1000 ] && echo "10 gt 1000"
> [ 10 -gt 10000 ] && echo "10 gt 10000"
> [ 10 -gt 100000 ] && echo "10 gt 100000"
> [ 10 -gt 1000000 ] && echo "10 gt 1000000"
> [ 10 -gt 10000000 ] && echo "10 gt 10000000"
> 
> This shouldn't print anything, but instead it prints:
> 10 gt 1000
> 10 gt 100000
> 10 gt 10000000
> 
> Which is a really weird way to fail. If I use /usr/bin/test 
> instead of the builtin '[', I see the same behavior. I tried 
> turning off the CONFIG_*_64 options, but the problem is still 
> present. I'm using mips/uclibc, but the problem also happens 
> on x86/glibc.

With 1.4.1 on i386/glibc this works as expected.

-- Jan Evert 
 
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