On 3/3/17 10:31 AM, Eric Blake wrote: > Chet, can you weigh in on http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1038 ? > There is a question of whether bash's choice of setting PS1='\s-\v\$ ' > is correct in --posix mode, or whether it should be merely PS1='\$ ' > when started in sh mode. Allowing more than just the dollar (or hash > for root) and space would require a tweak to the POSIX wording.
I think it would be worthwhile for Posix to tweak the wording to specify
that a string ending in "$ " (or "# ") is permissible. That would still
capture existing behavior of all shells.
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