>>"Clint" == Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Clint>> It makes 'set -e' unusable in #!/bin/sh scripts.
Manoj>> Umm, could you explain why this is so?
Clint> I think it is reasonable to assume that "POSIX features" and "non-POSIX
Clint> features" translate to those which are and are not mandated by the
Clint> current POSIX standard.
ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993(e)
IEEE STD 1003.2-1992 Part 2: Shell and utilities
3.14.11 set - Set/unset options and positional parameters (pp 156-157,
lines 1580-1716)
Look for the -e option for the set utility.
Clint> Thus, shell scripts specifying `/bin/sh' as interpreter
Clint> should only use POSIX features. If a script requires
Clint> non-POSIX features from the shell interpreter, the
Clint> appropriate shell must be specified in the first line of
Clint> the script (e.g., `#!/bin/bash') and the package must
Clint> depend on the package providing the shell (unless the
Clint> shell package is marked `Essential', as in the case of
Clint> `bash').
Clint> Now, if I am wrong, and "POSIX features" means "those features Manoj
Clint> will claim are common sense", then the meaning changes slightly.
Are you now claiming that POSIX does not have a set -e in the
command set of the shell? Have you any idea what the standard is?
Before claiming that I am making up what POSIX is, and embarrassing
yourself before the known world, did you even care to see what the
standard had to say about set -e?
Clint> I fail to see the value in claiming that POSIX-compliance is important,
Clint> yet declaring an exception (echo -n) with no technical merit, yet
Clint> opposing further exceptions.
Historical reasons.
manoj
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