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Re: [PATCH] Document imperfections in POSIX/sh compatibility
On 13 Apr 2021, at 11:01, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm concerned that saying "is not necessarily a goal of the project"
> might discourage people from even reporting bugs in the first place.
On 13 Apr 2021, at 15:28, Oliver Kiddle <opk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Or of contributing fixes.
Yeah, i did worry about that myself. What about this?
dana
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compat.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compat.yo
index f1be15fee..ab8f4d8dc 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compat.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compat.yo
@@ -74,3 +74,9 @@ tt(PROMPT_SUBST)
and
tt(SINGLE_LINE_ZLE)
options are set if zsh is invoked as tt(ksh).
+
+Please note that, whilst reasonable efforts are taken to address
+incompatibilities where they arise, zsh does not guarantee complete
+emulation of other shells, nor POSIX compliance. For more information on
+the differences between zsh and other shells, please refer to chapter 2
+of the shell FAQ, uref(http://www.zsh.org/FAQ/).
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