Re: sh -e changes broke pkgsrc

[Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner%fz-juelich.de@localhost>]

jmc%NetBSD.org@localhost said:
> The shell has 2 notions of sub-commands:
> () {}
> [...]
> -e should transition it's  
> behavior inside () for a simple command executed there (and thereby  
> setting it's exit status), but otherwise the same rules applied (where  
> compound statements were not affected by -e)

Agreed, as I understand it, a "{}" is to the shell more or less
what a cpp macro is to a C program. "()" is like a real function call.

best regards
Matthias




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