Remove a commented and outdated busybox code

egmontkob · egmontkob · commit 93483d53188f · 2025-10-20T12:56:27.000+02:00
This piece of code was never live in mc. It would work around a BusyBox bug
that was fixed in 2012.

Signed-off-by: Egmont Koblinger &lt;egmont@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/src/subshell/common.c b/src/subshell/common.c
@@ -1336,13 +1336,6 @@ subshell_name_quote (const char *s)
         quote_cmd_start = "(printf '%b' '";
         quote_cmd_end = "')";
     }
-    /* TODO: When BusyBox printf is fixed, get rid of this "else if", see
-       https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2012-March/077460.html */
-    /* else if (subshell_type == ASH_BUSYBOX)
-       {
-       quote_cmd_start = "\"`echo -en '";
-       quote_cmd_end = "'`\"";
-       } */
     else
     {
         quote_cmd_start = "\"`printf '%b' '";

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1336,13 +1336,6 @@ subshell_name_quote (const char *s)`
`1336`	`1336`	`quote_cmd_start = "(printf '%b' '";`
`1337`	`1337`	`quote_cmd_end = "')";`
`1338`	`1338`	`}`
`1339`		`- /* TODO: When BusyBox printf is fixed, get rid of this "else if", see`
`1340`		`- https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2012-March/077460.html */`
`1341`		`- /* else if (subshell_type == ASH_BUSYBOX)`
`1342`		`- {`
`1343`		- quote_cmd_start = "\"`echo -en '";
`1344`		- quote_cmd_end = "'`\"";
`1345`		`- } */`
`1346`	`1339`	`else`
`1347`	`1340`	`{`
`1348`	`1341`	quote_cmd_start = "\"`printf '%b' '";