From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5948 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2009 15:45:59 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 18 Jan 2009 15:45:59 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 95114 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2009 15:45:52 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Jan 2009 15:45:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 1837 invoked by alias); 18 Jan 2009 15:45:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 26357 Received: (qmail 1824 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2009 15:45:46 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Jan 2009 15:45:46 -0000 Received: from mail-bw0-f27.google.com (mail-bw0-f27.google.com [209.85.218.27]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4425B80271F0 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:45:43 +0100 (CET) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so1646131bwz.14 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:45:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=5yBwCScSgjdEO7RlYqiGOeXEwUM6JTCm6PuaQUyEbQc=; b=YihlOrW4kerAxBq51zBjTVHFo7EXQ6ps1Ll68KFspWQfQCT1NUuP5Q8KSJtntSSgUj dhv5s8bBZLQRzipvZ+9RkdJN07juc6R8oUp7iLiHL77EbAyRDE79h5omcB32Sd4rW74j 4fguBm65kECqwsP2uMyeCgiZw/yyn2tqcezGg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=xctxQ5toIVvUYdvxfv17njYtCle79Hf6Jz5JNj2Gx4b1Y8ctyhYkaH+Nh58CVRdD+A LUKe17fXlPBdaE2OgyX5mqwllmRjG9hKjyJ+4TZk8up9LBtXpeUU5MmeRzR0XcPlsiv7 C2OCJwTZwoFFjea4THwe6cDSoA90v2lQg+6xM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.181.208.11 with SMTP id k11mr1700857bkq.180.1232293542817; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:45:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090118143905.GA4898@sc.homeunix.net> References: <234804.32891.qm@web36605.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20090117092515.GA5400@sc.homeunix.net> <2d460de70901170321g66b892dei2a4e5fac9c445db8@mail.gmail.com> <20090118143905.GA4898@sc.homeunix.net> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:45:42 +0100 Message-ID: <2d460de70901180745t6e4307eftebec766618f6c1b1@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: select problem From: Richard Hartmann To: Richard Hartmann , david sowerby , zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/8874/Sun Jan 18 06:02:00 2009 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 15:39, Stephane Chazelas wrote: > Still, I can't think of how a script could be reasonably made to > rely on that behavior, which is why it's not a problem that all > shells break POSIX conformance there, in a same way that running > a POSIX script with zsh (in sh emulation) generally isn't a > problem because it's only in corner cases that zsh is not > conformant. Having symlinked zsh to /bin/sh for some time on my system, I have to say it's a quick way to make your Debian system stop working. Grml had a similar experience which is why they went back to Bash. > When a POSIX conformance issue is found by someone, > it is generally raised on this mailing list and most of the time > fixed (at least in sh emulation). Afaik, there are several issues open. If there is any interest, I can try to round them up so they can be shot. > Having said that, I agree there's no much point of having zsh as > your POSIX sh. AFAIK, that is the official stance. Richard