Subject: Re: make -j and failure modes
To: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Brian Ginsbach <ginsbach@cray.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/11/2003 10:10:35
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 03:37:31PM -0800, Greywolf wrote:
> Bash/BSD-sh seem to be the _exceptions_ to this area, actually, but
> I'd need some more up-to-date verification:  Can anyone provide output
> from
> 
> 	sh -ec '(false && echo bad); echo ok'
> 
> for current versions of:
> 	- IRIX /bin/sh [okay, so IRIX is dead.  Humour me.]

IRIX /bin/sh is really ksh.  The "old" Bourne shell is /bin/bsh.

irix> uname -aR
IRIX64 irix 6.5 6.5.21m 07141529 IP27
irix> sh -ec '(false && echo bad); echo ok'
irix> ksh -ec '(false && echo bad); echo ok'
irix> bsh -ec '(false && echo bad); echo ok'

Here are results from one more "dead" OS.

unicos> uname -rm
10.0.1.2 CRAY SV1
unicos> sh -ec '(false && echo bad); echo ok'
unicos> ksh -ec '(false && echo bad); echo ok'