Re: Weird problem with git-submodule.sh

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 7, 2012, 19:11 UTC
Message-ID: <7vwqwtfzis.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <50C22F72.6010701@xiplink.com>

Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> writes:

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> On 12-12-07 12:54 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> writes:
>> 
>>> This is with git 1.8.0.1 on all the machines involved.
>>>
>>> One of our build machines is having trouble with "git submodule":
>>> ...
>>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> How and why is the IFS set differently only on one of your build
>> machines?
>
> It's not.  On all machines:
> 	$ set | grep IFS
> 	IFS=$' \t\n'
>
> As I said, if I isolate the module_list() function into another script it
> works fine, with the exact same environment that breaks in git-submodule.sh.
>
> Also, note that at the top of git-submodule there's
> 	. git-sh-setup
> which does
> 	unset IFS

Yeah, now it makes sense why you wrote "Weird" on the subject line. What difference, if any, does the problematic box have compared to your other healthy boxes? It uses a different /bin/sh?

Just taking a shot in the dark...