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http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1098
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Reported By:Mark_Galeck
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It seems ast-developers is still supposed to be the main bug reporting
list, but reaching the associated machine spotty, as to when that server is
booted up. A monitored bug fixes/new features fork probably won't be
maintained until David gets his own copy of the repo, or if he wants push
a
2016-10-23 20:39:01 -0400, David Korn:
> In ksh-88 on which the standard was based, the man page says that if an
> alias ends in a space then the next word is checked for an alias. This
> seems to be omitted in the posix standard without any comment in the
> rationale as to why.
>
> Anyway in ksh
Robert Elz wrote, on 25 Oct 2016:
>
> Fortunately, I use the NetBSD sh which does not even implement a -L option
> to cd
I think you have identified the key to why people's positions are so
divided on this subject.
You and Joerg both use shells where plain cd behaves like cd -P, and
have grown u
Date:Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:54:30 +0100
From:Geoff Clare
Message-ID: <20161025085430.GA3974@lt.loopback>
| I doubt if I have ever used:
|
| ls ..
| cd ..
|
| because it is more natural to use:
|
| cd ..
| ls
This entirely depends upon what you're d
Date:Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:09:13 +0100
From:Geoff Clare
Message-ID: <20161024100913.GA17316@lt.loopback>
| Perhaps for Issue 8 we should consider tightening the standard to
| require that any predefined alias with the name of a standard utility
| must behave accor
A NOTE has been added to this issue.
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http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1084
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Reported By:Mark_Galeck
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Andries E. Brouwer wrote, on 24 Oct 2016:
>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 08:52:09AM -0700, Nick Stoughton wrote:
>
> > The fact is that making the -P behavior the default is inherently dangerous
> > because, for the last 24 years, it hasn't been.
>
> The default -L has always been a security risk.
