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Re: [PATCH] document shell function problems

From:	Paul Eggert
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] document shell function problems
Date:	Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:00:43 -0700
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Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> Is unset supported by all shells that also support functions?  That would
> be a nice simplification to rely on.

As far as I know, it is supported.  If this turns into a problem, we
can change our shell-finding philosophy from "find a shell that
supports shell functions" to "find a shell that supports our required
subset of POSIX" and then test for "unset" when we look for a shell.

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[PATCH] use shell functions to check exit codes, (continued)
- [PATCH] use shell functions to check exit codes, Paolo Bonzini, 2007/10/05
  - Re: [PATCH] use shell functions to check exit codes, Eric Blake, 2007/10/05
- [PATCH] use test -s to speed up check for empty file, Paolo Bonzini, 2007/10/05
  - Re: [PATCH] use test -s to speed up check for empty file, Eric Blake, 2007/10/05
    - Re: [PATCH] use test -s to speed up check for empty file, Paul Eggert, 2007/10/05
- [PATCH] use indirect dispatch instead of m4_case, Paolo Bonzini, 2007/10/05
  - Re: [PATCH] use indirect dispatch instead of m4_case, Eric Blake, 2007/10/05
- [PATCH] document shell function problems, Paolo Bonzini, 2007/10/05
  - Re: [PATCH] document shell function problems, Eric Blake, 2007/10/05
    - Re: [PATCH] document shell function problems, Paolo Bonzini, 2007/10/05
    - Re: [PATCH] document shell function problems, Paul Eggert <=
  - Re: [PATCH] document shell function problems, Ralf Wildenhues, 2007/10/15
    - Re: [PATCH] document shell function problems, Paolo Bonzini, 2007/10/15
    - Re: [PATCH] document shell function problems, Ralf Wildenhues, 2007/10/15
- Re: [PATCH] another shell function, this time to group failure code, Eric Blake, 2007/10/05

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