On 1/15/20 10:24 PM, Martijn Dekker wrote:
When alias expansion is enabled for a script in bash native mode, prefixing
POSIXLY_CORRECT=y to any command will turn alias expansion globally off.
This is a bug because the assignment should only have effect on that command.
You're probably right, but it's an interesting question.
The idea is that
POSIXLY_CORRECT=y true
is essentially equivalent (assuming POSIXLY_CORRECT is not already set) to
POSIXLY_CORRECT=y ; true; unset POSIXLY_CORRECT
and turning off posix mode resets a default environment.
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