Bug#479841: [Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#479841: Inconsistent return code of subshell when immediately assigning local variables

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Daniel,

Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> Axel Beckert wrote on Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 04:11:38 +0100:
> > Daniel Shahaf wrote on 30th of January 2016:
> > > I asked upstream and the conclusion was, they won't change this
> > > behaviour.  However, the behaviour will be pointed out in the manual in
> > > 5.3 and newer.
> > 
> > I haven't found an according commit upstream, but also wasn't really
> > sure for what I should be looking. Can you point out that commit?
> 
> Sure:
> 
> commit 3b69b121def33bb02d01ba23a7148129ab2aed46
> Author: Daniel Shahaf 
> Date:   Fri Jan 29 09:18:34 2016 +
> 
> 37831: typeset: Document exit status difference from parameter 
> assignment statements
> 
> That patch is buried in the 37609 thread, which is cross-referenced from
> this bug via the 'forwarded' metadatum.

Thanks! Will be included.

Regards, Axel
-- 
 ,''`.  |  Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/
: :' :  |  Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin
`. `'   |  4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329  6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5
  `-|  1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486  202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE

Bug#479841: [Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#479841: Inconsistent return code of subshell when immediately assigning local variables

[Daniel Shahaf]

Axel Beckert wrote on Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 04:11:38 +0100:
> Daniel Shahaf wrote on 30th of January 2016:
> > I asked upstream and the conclusion was, they won't change this
> > behaviour.  However, the behaviour will be pointed out in the manual in
> > 5.3 and newer.
> 
> I haven't found an according commit upstream, but also wasn't really
> sure for what I should be looking. Can you point out that commit?

Sure:

commit 3b69b121def33bb02d01ba23a7148129ab2aed46
Author: Daniel Shahaf 
Date:   Fri Jan 29 09:18:34 2016 +

37831: typeset: Document exit status difference from parameter 
assignment statements

That patch is buried in the 37609 thread, which is cross-referenced from
this bug via the 'forwarded' metadatum.

Cheers,

Daniel

Bug#479841: [Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#479841: Inconsistent return code of subshell when immediately assigning local variables

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Daniel,

Daniel Shahaf wrote on 30th of January 2016:
> I asked upstream and the conclusion was, they won't change this
> behaviour.  However, the behaviour will be pointed out in the manual in
> 5.3 and newer.

I haven't found an according commit upstream, but also wasn't really
sure for what I should be looking. Can you point out that commit?

Regards, Axel
-- 
 ,''`.  |  Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/
: :' :  |  Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin
`. `'   |  4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329  6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5
  `-|  1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486  202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE