Re: [Help-bash] Option execfail does not work in subshells

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/15/17 9:08 AM, R. Diez wrote:
>>> There does not seem to be a valid reason for execfail to not work in a
>>> subshell. Should I create a bug for this? (I am assuming that there is a
>>> public bug tracker for Bash).
>>
>> This has been the case for so long there is probably code that depends on
>> it. I'm reluctant to change it now in the absence of a compelling reason
>> to do so.
> 
> In my opinion, this is not really the best way to handle bug reports.

What suggestions would you have for improvement? Someone is always going to
be disappointed when you tell them their report isn't going to result in a
behavior change.

> Could you at least update the documentation to mention that execfail does
> not work at all in subshells?

Sure, I can look at that.

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