Re: [PATCH 5/4] [EVAL] Remove unused EV_BACKCMD flag

2011-07-06 Thread Herbert Xu
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 07:38:37AM +, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > The original ash defered forking commands in backquotes so builtins > could be run in the same context as the shell. This behavior was > controlled using the EV_BACKCMD to evaltree. > > Unfortunately, as Matthias Scheler noticed i

[PATCH 5/4] [EVAL] Remove unused EV_BACKCMD flag

2011-04-10 Thread Jonathan Nieder
The original ash defered forking commands in backquotes so builtins could be run in the same context as the shell. This behavior was controlled using the EV_BACKCMD to evaltree. Unfortunately, as Matthias Scheler noticed in 1999 (NetBSD PR/7814), the result was counterintuitive; for example, echo