Re: bin/42557: cd(1) doesn't support standard -P option

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/42557; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/42557: cd(1) doesn't support standard -P option
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:54:43 +0000

 On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 12:10:00PM +0000, ekamperi%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
  > cd(1) doesn't seem to support -P option which is mandated by POSIX.
  > I accidentally noticed it like this:
  > [same problem as PR 42168]
 
 What is cd -P supposed to do? The bash and zsh docs don't really make
 sense and as far as I can tell from running them experimentally -P
 must stand for "work properly". The ksh docs are a little clearer, but
 anyway this behavior is the default in sh.
 
 Should we have sh's cd builtin accept and ignore -P?
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost