Re: 'set -e' and 'if eval false' exits with BSD sh

[Paul Eggert]

Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

> -does not print @samp{two}.  One workaround is to use @samp{if test -n
> -"$foo"; then exit 1; fi} rather than @samp{test -n "$foo" && exit 1}.
> -Another possibility is to warn @acronym{BSD} users not to use @samp{sh -e}.
> +does not print @samp{two}.  One workaround is to use @samp{if false; then
> +exit 1; fi} rather than @samp{false && exit 1}.  Another possibility is to
> +warn @acronym{BSD} users not to use @samp{sh -e}.

I'd vote against this particular patch, as the suggested workaround is
weird: nobody would actually write "if false; then exit 1; fi" in a
real shell script.  Perhaps we should just leave it alone, as the
overall point is fairly clear.