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RE: set -e, bad substitutions, and trap EXIT
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Ewan Mellor |
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RE: set -e, bad substitutions, and trap EXIT |
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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:02:48 +0000 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chet Ramey [mailto:chet.ramey@case.edu]
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 5:05 AM
> To: Ewan Mellor
> Cc: Renuka Apte; bug-bash@gnu.org; chet.ramey@case.edu
> Subject: Re: set -e, bad substitutions, and trap EXIT
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> On 2/13/12 4:43 AM, Ewan Mellor wrote:
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> >> Yes, it's a bug. When -e is in effect, the exit status is not set
> >> before the shell exits. When it isn't, the code path taken results
> in
> >> the correct exit status.
> >>
> >> Here's a patch that solves this particular problem.
> >
> > Thanks Chet. What happens next? I'm not a bash developer normally,
> so I don't know what the procedure is. Is that something that you can
> submit for me, or do you need me to file a bug somewhere?
>
> The bug will be fixed in the next version of bash. It may be released
> as a
> patch to bash-4.2. I posted the patch in the event that folks wanted
> to
> patch their local builds.
That's perfect. Thanks for your help, Chet.
Cheers,
Ewan.