Just noticed another dash bug: when setting invalid PS1 values dash
enters an infinite loop.
For instance, setting PS1='$(' makes dash print many of these:
dash: 1: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting ")")
It would be nice to fallback to the default PS1 value on error.
dash enters infinite loop on invalid PS1 values
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- Subject: dash enters infinite loop on invalid PS1 values
- From: Simon Ser <contact@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:51:34 +0000
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