Hi, I just verified that this patch was included in the latest ZSH package in Stretch. Am I correct that this (pretty old) issue can actually be closed as resolved?
Best Christian On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:50:29 +0000 Peter Stephenson <p...@csr.com> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:14:31 -0700 > Bart Schaefer <schae...@brasslantern.com> wrote: > > On Mar 25, 6:20pm, Peter Stephenson wrote: > > } > > } But yes, I share your feeling that this isn't a particularly vital > > } addition, it just looked easy to do like other shells in compatability > > } mode, which is the point of that. > > > > It just seems to me that we're potentially penalizing a script that does > > not use aliases in the can't-open-tempfile case in order to support a > > script that does not use aliases. > > > > Given potential security problems with using tempfiles and the likelyhood > > of a script using an alias vs. the likelyhood of file creation failing, > > which case ought we be catering too? > > From what I've heard, it doesn't sound like it's worth more than a > warning. > > Index: Doc/Zsh/options.yo > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/options.yo,v > retrieving revision 1.78 > diff -u -r1.78 options.yo > --- Doc/Zsh/options.yo 3 Mar 2009 17:35:29 -0000 1.78 > +++ Doc/Zsh/options.yo 26 Mar 2009 09:49:05 -0000 > @@ -1721,7 +1721,12 @@ > > Alias expansion takes place while text is being read; hence when this > option is set it does not take effect until the end of any function or > -other piece of shell code evaluated as one unit. > +other piece of shell code evaluated as one unit. Note this may > +cause differences from other shells even when the option is in > +effect. For example, when running a command with `tt(zsh -c)' the > +entire command argument is parsed in one go, so aliases defined within > +the argument are not available even in later lines. If in doubt, avoid use > +of aliases in non-interactive code. > ) > pindex(POSIX_BUILTINS) > pindex(NO_POSIX_BUILTINS) > > > -- > Peter Stephenson <p...@csr.com> Software Engineer > CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road > Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 > > >
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