Bug 42272 – coreutils-5.0.91-r4 creates a /bin/[

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description nth 2004-02-20 08:16:10 UTC]

coreutils-5.0.91-r4 creates a /bin/[ file


Reproducible: Always
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Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.3-rc2)
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System uname: 2.6.3-rc2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13
distcc 2.11.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.7
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=pentium4 -mcpu=pentium4 -msse -msse2 -mmmx -mfpmath=sse
-fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config
/usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/
/var/bind /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=pentium4 -mcpu=pentium4 -msse -msse2 -mmmx
-mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector"
DISTDIR="/data/portagedist"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache digest sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/data/big/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
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tools tpctlir transcode transparent-proxy truetype type1 uml unicode usb v4l
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xchattext xemacs xerces xface xfs xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid yahoo
yaz zeo zlib zvbi"

[Comment 1 Caleb Tennis (RETIRED) 2004-02-20 12:54:12 UTC]

Why is that a problem?  It's a shortcut for the 'test' command.

[Comment 2 Caleb Tennis (RETIRED) 2004-02-20 12:54:25 UTC]

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