Bug 845333

Summary:	sys-apps/coreutils-9.1-r1 created /usr/bin/[
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Mike Lothian <mike>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	ionen
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Mike Lothian 2022-05-18 09:49:46 UTC

I'm pretty sure that shouldn't be there

ls -lart /usr/bin/\[ 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55784 May  4 12:22 '/usr/bin/['


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Ionen Wolkens gentoo-dev

2022-05-18 10:05:02 UTC

No, it's intended. It's shell test in non-builtin form similar to /bin/echo and such.

e.g. /usr/bin/[ -n nonempty ] && echo yes

Mostly same as /usr/bin/test bare a few difference (--help works with [).

Comment 2 Mike Lothian 2022-05-18 10:39:03 UTC

Thanks, I didn't even think it might have been real - seen so many strange file names when scripting has gone wrong :D