On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Eric Blake <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Another argument against the change: This proposal would only affect > /bin/test (or 'env test', or other constructs that force resolution > through PATH). However, most shells have 'test' as a builtin, so it > will NOT impact those instances. Having coreutils needlessly differ > from other implementations is undesirable. If you can first get 'bash' > patched to do this, you might have a stronger argument, but bash is one > of those programs where the mere act of setting POSIXLY_CORRECT in the > environment changes a lot about how bash behaves. bash is actually worse, since "[ --help" doesn't work with the builtin. But agreed on your point.
