Bug#310872: zsh can't be a ksh replacement (can't trap ERR).

[Christophe Martin]

Package: zsh
Version: 4.2.5-7
Severity: normal

Hi,

This is very simple. zsh is not to be considered a ksh.
This simple command fails using zsh as ksh (I did update-alternatives) :

        trap 'echo alert-an-error-occured' ERR

This simple command succeeds with `normal/standard' ksh, tested with :
        Solaris ksh,
        OSF1 ksh,
        AIX ksh,
        pdksh (debian sarge),
        www.kornshell.com ksh.

I hope you will remove this alternative before too many scripts break...

        Regards,
        Christophe.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages zsh depends on:
ii  debconf                 1.4.30.13        Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                   2.3.2.ds1-22     GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5             5.4-4            Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  passwd                  1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and

-- no debconf information


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