Re: Saving/restoring of posix option unsets expand_aliases

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/24/19 7:35 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -march=native -ggdb -O2 -pipe -Wno-parentheses 
> -Wno-format-security
> uname output: Linux themis 4.14.154-gentoo #1 SMP Sat Nov 16 15:00:00 CET 2019 
> x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 11
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> In a non-interactive non-posix-mode shell, saving the output of
> "shopt -p -o" and restoring it will unset the expand_aliases option.

It seems like setting posix mode when it's already set, or unsetting it
when it's not, should be a no-op instead of guaranteeing a certain
environment (posix or default). That's easy enough.

There's no question that setting posix mode should change the values of a
number of bash options to produce a compliant environment.

It's a different question whether or not unsetting posix mode should revert
to the settings before posix mode was enabled or restore the default
environment. It's always meant the latter.

Chet

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