Re: Infinite loop on clearing PWD

2009-10-13 Thread Jan Schampera
Marc Herbert schrieb:

>> Repeat-By:
>>  $ unset PWD
> 
> Fix = readonly PWD  ?

This is not a fix, this is a workaround.

Anyways, I can't reproduce it.

J.




Re: Infinite loop on clearing PWD

2009-10-13 Thread Marc Herbert
Jan Schampera a écrit :
> Marc Herbert schrieb:
> 
>>> Repeat-By:
>>> $ unset PWD
>> Fix = readonly PWD  ?
> 
> This is not a fix, this is a workaround.

Sorry Jan: my suggestion was not addressed to you, it was addressed to the 
maintainer.

The idea is to make PWD read-only *by default*.






Re: Infinite loop on clearing PWD

2009-10-13 Thread Chet Ramey
> Jan Schampera a écrit :
> > Marc Herbert schrieb:
> > 
> >>> Repeat-By:
> >>>   $ unset PWD
> >> Fix = readonly PWD  ?
> > 
> > This is not a fix, this is a workaround.
> 
> Sorry Jan: my suggestion was not addressed to you, it was addressed to the 
> maintainer.
> 
> The idea is to make PWD read-only *by default*.

Why?  There's no identifiable problem here.  The original complainant has not
provided any additional information, and nobody else can reproduce it.

Chet

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Re: Infinite loop on clearing PWD

2009-10-13 Thread Marc Herbert
Chet Ramey a écrit :
>> Jan Schampera a écrit :
>> Sorry Jan: my suggestion was not addressed to you, it was addressed to the 
>> maintainer.
>>
>> The idea is to make PWD read-only *by default*.
> 
> Why?  There's no identifiable problem here.  The original complainant has not
> provided any additional information, and nobody else can reproduce it.

Sorry again: The idea WAS to make PWD read-only by default...


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