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Date:      Thu, 1 May 1997 09:32:30 -0400
From:      Chet Ramey <chet@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu>
To:        andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /bin/sh -c and ENV
Message-ID:  <9705011332.AA06946.SM@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu>
In-Reply-To: Message from andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk of 01 May 1997 06:23:19 %2B0100 (id <87rafr6a0o.fsf@erlenstar.demon.co.uk>)

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> Running RELENG-2.2 as of a few days ago.
> 
> Just noticed that /bin/sh is executing the ENV file even when invoked with
> the -c option. Is this a bug or a feature? :-)

It's a bug.  A post-publication POSIX.2 interpretation made it clear
that ENV should be executed only for interactive shells.

-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer

Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University	Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu



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