rpm popt alias (--last) apparent syntax error

[Lewis Rosenthal]

I really thought this was working, but testing it now, I get:

[c:\]rpm -qa --last
%-sn, , substr(sh.exe,length()+2))}' : 1: %-sn, , substr(sh.exe,length()+2))}' :
 Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

Versions:

gawk-4.0.0-2.oc00.pentium4
sed-4.2.1-2.oc00.pentium4
coreutils-8.25-3.oc00.pentium4
coreutils-common-8.25-3.oc00.pentium4
rpm-4.13.0-9.oc00.pentium4
rpm-libs-4.13.0-9.oc00.pentium4
rpm-python-4.13.0-9.oc00.pentium4
rpm-build-4.13.0-9.oc00.pentium4

(in case it's a failure of one of those).

I can reproduce under CMD, 4OS2, bash, and dash.

I've tried playing with the command line for the alias, but awk keeps barking at me because my escaping is lousy. Sorry I can't be of more help!

[dmik]

I confirm this and this in fact is related to fixes made within #143. As Yuri uses sh -c there to start commands it causes replacement of $0 and $1 in the ash call to arguments of sh -c which is totally wrong and breaks the command. Also other symbols disappear (like \ in front of s and n). As sh -c is used unconditionally now, this will never work. I'm now restoring original fork in RPM and this problem should go away once I'm done.

[dmik]

And just FYI, popen does NOT need sh -c as it will do sh -c on its own given a proper EMXSHELL setup or directory layout (see 1006). So if sh -c were not there it would all work as expected, even with popen.

[dmik]

This is fixed within #143.