On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 07:55:19PM +0100, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> f() {
> while return 2; do :; done
> }
>
> f
> echo "$?"
>
> The above script outputs "0" while it should output "2".
>
> Same goes for:
>
> dash -c 'while return 2; do :; done'
>
> Same with "until" instead of "while"
Hi Stephane, I think the return code 0 is just fine, please see
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_09_04_09
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_09_04_10
I'm about to close this bug.
Thanks, Gerrit.
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