Re: set -e not ignored in AND-OR list

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 07:08:10AM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> On Sun, 2024-11-10 at 12:11 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > This is simply undefined behaviour.
> 
> Are you sure that this is undefined? Cause:
> 
> > The -e setting shall be ignored when executing the compound list
> > following the while, until, if, or elif reserved word, a pipeline
> > beginning with the ! reserved word, or any command of an AND-OR list
> > other than the last.
> 
> ... seems to define just that.
> 
> Or do you know of any part in the standard that allows an exception
> from this?

This is a command substitution subshell which is not governed by
what you just quoted.

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