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Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] exec: run final pipeline command in a subshell in sh mode

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From: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: dana <dana@xxxxxxx>
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] exec: run final pipeline command in a subshell in sh mode
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 23:59:05 +0000
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On 2021-04-10 at 23:02:39, dana wrote:
> On 3 Jan 2021, at 18:22, brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Since zsh may be used as /bin/sh in some cases (such as macOS Catalina),
> > it makes sense to have the common sh behavior when emulating sh
> 
> This seems inoffensive to me. Since nobody objected to the code itself in the
> previous discussions i've committed it.

Great, thanks.

> I did want to mention that macOS does *not* use zsh as /bin/sh. That continues
> to be provided by bash 3.2; only the default interactive shell was changed to
> zsh. I don't think i know of any system that uses zsh for /bin/sh

That's definitely true by default, but I believe users can also choose
to set dash or zsh as /bin/sh by changing /var/select/sh, as of
Catalina.
-- 
brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Houston, Texas, US

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References:
- [PATCH v3 0/1] Run pipeline command in subshell in sh mode
  - From: brian m. carlson
- [PATCH v3 1/1] exec: run final pipeline command in a subshell in sh mode
  - From: brian m. carlson
- Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] exec: run final pipeline command in a subshell in sh mode
  - From: dana

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