Re: Parse errors don't cause a non-zero exit code?

[Dan Nelson <dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the last episode (Mar 29), Dan Nelson said:
> $ echo "'" > /tmp/test ; zsh -f /tmp/test ; echo $?
> /tmp/test:2: unmatched '
> 0
> 
> ksh93, ash, and bash all return non-zero here, and it looks like
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_08
> wants a non-zero result also.

I'm thinking something like this, but I don't know enough about zsh
internals to say that propagating errflag into lastval here is the
right fix.  It doesn't break the testsuite at least:

--- Src/init.c~	Thu Mar 31 00:49:30 2005
+++ Src/init.c	Thu Mar 31 00:49:30 2005
@@ -983,6 +983,8 @@ init_misc(void)
 	bshin = fdopen(SHIN, "r");
 	execstring(cmd, 0, 1);
 	stopmsg = 1;
+	if (errflag)
+		lastval = errflag;
 	zexit(lastval, 0);
     }
 
@@ -1277,6 +1277,8 @@ zsh_main(UNUSED(int argc), char **argv)
 	while (tok != ENDINPUT && (tok != LEXERR || isset(SHINSTDIN)));
 	if (tok == LEXERR) {
 	    stopmsg = 1;
+	    if (errflag)
+	    	lastval = errflag;
 	    zexit(lastval, 0);
 	}
 	if (!(isset(IGNOREEOF) && interact)) {
--- Src/lex.c~	Thu Mar 31 00:58:03 2005
+++ Src/lex.c	Thu Mar 31 00:58:03 2005
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ lexrestore(void)
     ecssub = lstack->ecssub;
     ecnfunc = lstack->ecnfunc;
     hlinesz = lstack->hlinesz;
-    errflag = 0;
 
     ln = lstack->next;
     free(lstack);


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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx