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Subject: dash: "return" from a while condition loses exit status
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Package: dash
Version: 0.5.2-7
Severity: normal
f() {
while return 2; do :; done
}
f
echo "$?"
The above script outputs "0" while it should output "2".
Same goes for:
dash -c 'while return 2; do :; done'
Same with "until" instead of "while"
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On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 12:50:55PM +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 07:55:19PM +0100, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> > f() {
> > while return 2; do :; done
> > }
> >
> > f
> > echo "$?"
> >
> > The above script outputs "0" while it should output "2".
> >
> > Same goes for:
> >
> > dash -c 'while return 2; do :; done'
> >
> > Same with "until" instead of "while"
>
> Hi Stephane, I think the return code 0 is just fine, please see
>
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_09_04_09
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_09_04_10
>
> I'm about to close this bug.
Ok, closing it.
Thanks, Gerrit.
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