Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Apparently due to sleep-deprivation, I confused Herbert's assertion with
> fact. It's set -h that's forbidden. Debian does not need XSI for set -e.
I appologise for this incorrect assertion. I had misread the canonical
form of set. set -e is indeed specified by POSIX.
However, I still maintain that XSI extensions should be specified when it
comes to Debian's /bin/sh:
1. All the existing shells are already compliant AFAIK.
2. There are some features which are regularly used in maintainer
and other scripts which depend on them, e.g.,
the options -a and -o, as well as parentheses for the
test command or [.
the obsolescent forms of kill and trap: kill -INT or kill -9.
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