[patch] bug #7 -- which(1) is b0rked

[Paul Fox]

 > > are you suggesting that we change all of the busybox shell code
 > > to not handle this case?  like it or not, this behavior with
 > > respect to PATH has existed forever.  it's part of execvp(), for
 > > instance.
 > 
 > I was under the impression we didn't handle it now...

no -- only the "which" command is broken, which is what the bug
is about.  (see Subject :-)  the shells are fine.

 > > like tabs in makefiles, some syntax decisions were made far too
 > > long ago to be changed now.
 > 
 > Actually,  I believe modern "make" commands all accept spaces.  Any 
 > indentation works.  (And people complain about python... :)

really?  how modern?  i get:

Makefile:24: *** missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?).  Stop.

i grant you, at least it tells me what i did wrong these days.

paul
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