Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Here's slightly different wording to show that it's a write
> failure that's not diagnosed:
It is not a write failure that is ignored (this would not be bug in the
shell but in the program that produces the output) but the failure to
redirect a compound command.
> Some versions of GNU Bash do not properly set @samp{$?} when
> writing the output from a @command{@{...@}} block fails.
It's not restricted to brace groups, it also fails when redirecting any
other compound command (except for the subshell groups).
Andreas.
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