[ re-added bug-autoconf ]
* Eric Blake wrote on Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:04:23PM CEST:
> Subject: [PATCH] Document pdksh exec behavior.
>
> * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) : New
> subsection.
> Discovered by Jim Meyering.
This looks good to me, thanks.
Cheers,
Ralf
Ralf Wildenhues gmx.de> writes:
> > case bug in the shell portability section. POSIX states that exec is
> > supposed to bypass shell builtins (and while special shell builtins, like
> > 'exit', give undefined behavior when passed to exec, regular shell
> > builtins, like 'fg', are required to e
Hi Eric,
* Eric Blake wrote on Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 03:07:42PM CEST:
> According to Jim Meyering on 4/16/2008 6:57 AM:
> | $ PATH=. /bin/sh -c 'exec mknod --version'|head -1
> | /bin/sh: mknod: --: unknown option
>
> Ouch - this looks like a POSIX compliance bug in exec; I'm adding
> bug-autoc
Jim Meyering meyering.net> writes:
> >
> > Ouch - this looks like a POSIX compliance bug in exec
>
> This is on 3.9 GENERIC#617 i386 OpenBSD,
> and /bin/sh is a hard link to /bin/ksh.
> "strings" says it's PDKSH:
>
> PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2
Hmm - cygwin also has pdksh 5.2.14, but there, mk
Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> According to Jim Meyering on 4/16/2008 6:57 AM:
> | $ PATH=. /bin/sh -c 'exec mknod --version'|head -1
> | /bin/sh: mknod: --: unknown option
>
> Ouch - this looks like a POSIX compliance bug in exec; I'm adding
> bug-autoconf to the distribution in case
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According to Jim Meyering on 4/16/2008 6:57 AM:
| $ PATH=. /bin/sh -c 'exec mknod --version'|head -1
| /bin/sh: mknod: --: unknown option
Ouch - this looks like a POSIX compliance bug in exec; I'm adding
bug-autoconf to the distribution in case w
