Re: The behavior of `jobs -p` is definitely, without a doubt, a bug

2016-05-18 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/18/2016 06:03 PM, Geoff Nixon wrote: > Again, speaking for myself, I think the standard is actually pretty clear > here. > Referring again to the "Shell Command Language" page: > > The format for grouping commands is as follows: > (compound-list) > Execute compound-list in a *su

Re: The behavior of `jobs -p` is definitely, without a doubt, a bug

2016-05-18 Thread Geoff Nixon
On Wed, 18 May 2016 14:03:59 -0700 Harald van Dijk wrote > Hi, > > On 13/05/16 04:06, Geoff Nixon wrote: > > Let me start with a couple of corrections to that previous thread. > > > > > > 1. The line: jobs -p > /tmp/pids # this works > > > > Does *not*, in fact, work. Meaning

Re: The behavior of `jobs -p` is definitely, without a doubt, a bug

2016-05-18 Thread Harald van Dijk
Hi, On 13/05/16 04:06, Geoff Nixon wrote: > Let me start with a couple of corrections to that previous thread. > > > 1. The line: jobs -p > /tmp/pids # this works > > Does *not*, in fact, work. Meaning there is *no* instance in which it works. This should work just fine. Do y

The behavior of `jobs -p` is definitely, without a doubt, a bug

2016-05-12 Thread Geoff Nixon
Package: dash Version: build-from-git-HEAD--http://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/dash/dash Severity: serious X-Debbugs-CC: herb...@gondor.apana.org.au --- To Whom It May Concern: I wrote most of this before I read through the Debian bug report process. I'm actually not sure whether this is supposed t