On 7/6/17 12:41 AM, Arnaud Gaillard wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 12
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>
> According to the help page of the `printf` builtin, it
> should not return success when an error has occurred during the
> assignment:
>
>> Exit Status:
>> Returns success unless an invalid option is given or a write or assignment
>> error occurs.
>
> Assigning a value to a `readonly` variable returns an error code:
>
>> bash$ readonly a=2
>> bash$ a=3
>> -bash: a: readonly variable
>> bash$ echo $?
>> 1
>
> However, assigning the value to a `readonly` variable via `printf -v`
> returns success:
Thanks for the report. This is a reasonable improvement to make.
Chet
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