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Re: [PATCH 1/2] t/test-lib.sh: support Korn shell by converting GIT_EXIT_OK to GIT_EXIT_CODE

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Oct 10, 2009, 12:24 UTC
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Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> writes:
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> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 01:39:56PM -0500, Brandon Casey wrote:
>
>> For the Korn shell, $? has the value of the last executed statement
>> _before_ the call to exit.
>
> I just installed ksh/stable (version 93s+ 2008-01-31) on Debian and it
> behaves correctly. Maybe you need to upgrade? This really looks like a bug
> in your shell to me.

According to the autoconf docs this bug is also present in the Solaris /bin/sh (and autoconf generated scripts use some elaborated workaround).

Andreas.
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Message 9 of 11 in “t/test-lib.sh: support Korn shell by converting GIT_EXIT_OK to GIT_EXIT_CODE”
  1. 1/2 t/test-lib.sh: support Korn shell by converting GIT_EXIT_OK to GIT_EXIT_CODEBrandon Casey, Oct 9, 2009
  2. 2/2 Makefile: use the native (Korn) shell on SunOS and IRIX/IRIX64Brandon Casey, Oct 9, 2009
  3. Jonathan NiederOct 9, 2009
  4. Jonathan NiederOct 9, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2009
  6. Brandon CaseyOct 9, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2009
  8. Clemens BuchacherOct 10, 2009
  9. Andreas SchwabOct 10, 2009
  10. Ben WaltonOct 10, 2009
  11. Jeff KingOct 10, 2009

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