>>>>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:44:28 -0500, Raphael Geissert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> said:
Raphael> I am neither the maintainer nor upstream but IMHO as the 'type'
built-in is
Raphael> neither required by POSIX nor SUSv3 nor Debian Policy it
Raphael> should be considered implementation-dependent invalidating
Raphael> this bug (but could be a wishlist).
That is a good point...
Raphael> Actually, this report is also invalid because relying on
Raphael> /bin/sh providing such a built-in is a policy violation; and
Raphael> if the script has a #!/bin/dash shebang it wouldn't be a bug
Raphael> either because that's they way how dash implements it :)
Ahah ! :-)
>>
>> If you try with #! /bin/bash the behaviour is correct.
Raphael> Complementing what I just said, could you please point to a
Raphael> written description of what the "correct behaviour"
Raphael> should/must be?
If you read even the dash man:
type [name ...]
Interpret each name as a command and print the resolution of the
command search. Possible resolutions are: shell keyword, alias,
shell builtin, command, tracked alias and not found. For aliases
the alias expansion is printed; for commands and tracked aliases
the complete pathname of the command is printed.
For a command, the resolution of the command search should take into
account the current path... :-)
OK, you may interpret the "interpret" word, say, in a bash or dash
spirit... :-)
>> For information, this issue happens in a script invoking the PIPS
>> source-to-source compiler ( http://www.cri.ensmp.fr/people/pips/ )
>> :
>>
>> # Avoid a recursion if no actual binary is found:
>> PATH=./${PIPS_ARCH}:${PIPS_ROOT}/bin/${PIPS_ARCH} \ type ${what} >
>> /dev/null || error 3 "no ${what} binary found!"
Raphael> And to avoid being pedantic I'll give you a hint: use which
Raphael> instead of type :).
Oh boy! You mean yet another fork? :-)
Cheers,
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