2014-02-04 09:23:21 -0500, Chet Ramey: > On 1/25/14 6:11 PM, Stephane Chazelas wrote: > > 2014-01-21 10:19:10 -0500, Chet Ramey: > > [...] > >>> I am not so worried about the method used to "fix" globstar -- whether > >>> we keep backwards compatibility or not -- I am more concerned that we > >>> have at least *some* way of disabling what many people view as > >>> undesirable behaviour. > [...] > > I agree with Chris that the bash behaviour here is not > > desirable. There's a number of articles on usenet or > > unix.stackexchange.com (many by me sorry, > > http://unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=bash+globstar+symlink) > > that say that the bash behaviour is broken in that regard and > > that globstar from other shells should be used instead. > > I put in a tentative change; we will see how it works. [...]
That looks a lot better indeed. Thanks Chet. regards, Stephane
