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diff --git a/builtins/eval.def b/builtins/eval.def
index 62db712..5e824c9 100644 (file)
--- a/builtins/eval.def
+++ b/builtins/eval.def
@@ -1,35 +1,43 @@
 This file is eval.def, from which is created eval.c.
 It implements the builtin "eval" in Bash.
 
-Copyright (C) 1987, 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1987-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Bash, the Bourne Again SHell.
 
-Bash is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
-the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
-Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later
-version.
+Bash is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
 
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-for more details.
+Bash is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-with Bash; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Bash.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 $PRODUCES eval.c
 
 $BUILTIN eval
 $FUNCTION eval_builtin
 $SHORT_DOC eval [arg ...]
-Read ARGs as input to the shell and execute the resulting command(s).
+Execute arguments as a shell command.
+
+Combine ARGs into a single string, use the result as input to the shell,
+and execute the resulting commands.
+
+Exit Status:
+Returns exit status of command or success if command is null.
 $END
 
 #include <config.h>
 #if defined (HAVE_UNISTD_H)
-#include <unistd.h>
+#  ifdef _MINIX
+#    include <sys/types.h>
+#  endif
+#  include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "../shell.h"
@@ -43,7 +51,7 @@ eval_builtin (list)
 {
   if (no_options (list))
     return (EX_USAGE);
+  list = loptend;      /* skip over possible `--' */
 
-  /* Note that parse_and_execute () frees the string it is passed. */
-  return (list ? parse_and_execute (string_list (list), "eval", SEVAL_NOHIST) : EXECUTION_SUCCESS);
+  return (list ? evalstring (string_list (list), "eval", SEVAL_NOHIST) : EXECUTION_SUCCESS);
 }