On 06/28/2010 06:56 AM, Malcolm Kay wrote: > Should I create a problem report? Where should I send it? You just did. > The problem is that 'dash' bombs out with an empty list in: > > if ... > then > list > elif ... > then > list > fi > > or in: > > if ... > then > list > else > list > fi POSIX requires a non-empty list in these syntax setups. > The latter gives for example: > Syntax error: "else" unexpected. Correct. > Yet the man pages clearly state that a list consists of zero > or more commands -- > <quote> > Lists -- Generally Speaking > A list is a sequence of zero or more commands separated by > newlines, Therefore, the bug is in the man page. Per POSIX, http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_09_03 "A list is a sequence of one or more AND-OR lists separated by the operators ';' and '&' and optionally terminated by ';' , '&' , or <newline>." -- Eric Blake eblake@xxxxxxxxxx +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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