retitle 627856 dash: "can't shift that many" should not be a fatal error severity 627856 wishlist # [1] forwarded 627856 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.shells.dash/532/focus=551 tags 627856 + upstream quit
Hi Christoph, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > In case 99999 > $# the shell scripts aborts. > POSIX' definition of shift > (http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#shift) > however does not say that the shell should abort. See also [1] above. What POSIX says is The value n shall be an unsigned integer less than or equal to the value of the special parameter '#'. so conforming applications will never run into this. I would be very happy to see whatever is the right behavior clarified in the standard[2], if you would like to work on it. Thanks and hope that helps, Jonathan [2] http://austingroupbugs.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
