On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:39:07PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > It's not guaranteed to work in any shell implementing POSIX without > extensions, which is what Policy says you're allowed to rely on (well, > plus a few extensions, but not including trap and kill with signal > numbers).
Right. But what does this mean in terms of our Lenny release goal "dash as sh" which essantially was what I meant to ask. > It's safe for use with dash, but using it is technically a violation of > Policy (albeit a widespread one). There is a Policy bug open requesting > that the XSI extensions for trap and kill be permitted (#477240). >From this I'd say for Lenny using trap with a signal number is fine. Also they same question comes up with the "local" keyword. Dash seems to support this, while it is not POSIX. Michael -- Michael Meskes Email: Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) ICQ: 179140304, AIM/Yahoo: michaelmeskes, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Go VfL Borussia! Go SF 49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
