[not replying off-list because that seems counterproductive and arrogant] On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 03:49:15PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote: > Actually, if it's invoked as /bin/sh, it is supposed to be > Bourne-compatible. That's my experience with the current version:
Not much effort is put into strict POSIX compliance, though people certainly do complain about it[1]. > I don't know what other versions do. I'm working on finding bugs with > zsh as /bin/sh; see #510358. If anyone knows about a good /bin/sh > (POSIX, XSI, or Debian) testsuite, please let me know off-list. I'd certainly welcome improvements to the posh testsuite to that end. Run the harness with category 'debian' or 'posix' depending on which "standard" you're going for. [1] http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2009/msg00881.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org