On 2/21/12 3:51 AM, John Kearney wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 10
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Basically if setting the locale fails variable should not be changed.
I disagree. The assignment was performed correctly and as the user
specified. The fact that a side effect of the assignment failed should
not mean that the assignment should be undone.
I got enough bug reports when I added the warning. I'd get at least as
many if I undid a perfectly good assignment statement.
I could see setting $? to a non-zero value if the setlocale() call fails,
but not when the shell is in posix mode.
Chet
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