* Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> [2009-09-24 08:29]: > > l. Changed behavior of shell when -e option is in effect to reflect > > consensus > > of Posix shell standardization working group. > > This behavior is one of the consequences of the Austin Group's interpretation. > Failures of user-specified subshells cause the shell to exit when set -e is > in effect. The key piece of the interpretation was to widen the scope of > commands that cause the shell to exit without an explicit exception from > simple commands to all commands.
Thanks for the confirmation. Maybe CHANGES can be updated to list all the changes that were made as a consequence of the Austin Group's interpretation. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/