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Re: Next steps for /bin/sh



> IMO, in the presence of -e, "false && false" should terminate
> execution, just as "false && true" should.  The entire compound
> statement is false because the first one is.  
2013 POSIX says:
The -e setting shall be ignored when executing [...] any command of
an AND-OR list other than the last.

(from http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/)


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