On 9/23/10 5:09 AM, Sascha Ziemann wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i686 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/home/users/ziemann/share/locale' > -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include > -I./lib -g -O2 > uname output: Linux t4mshpapl104.dcn.detemobil.de > 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5PAE #1 SMP Wed Jun 23 11:16:22 EDT 2010 i686 i686 > i386 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.1 > Patch Level: 0 > Release Status: release > > Description: > The errexit option does not work, if an error occures in a declare > statement.
There is no error, because `declare' is defined to return success if the variable assignment is performed without an error. The fact that an assignment statement causes the shell to exit is a side effect of how Posix defines the return status of an assignment statement: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_09_01 Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
