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0001384 [1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2] Shell and Utilities Objection Omission 2020-07-29 09:02 2021-01-29 11:27
Reporter geoffclare View Status public  
Assigned To
Priority normal Resolution Accepted As Marked  
Status Applied  
Name Geoff Clare
Organization The Open Group
User Reference
Section 2.12 Shell Execution Environment
Page Number 2382
Line Number 76195-76202
Interp Status ---
Final Accepted Text Note: 0005198
Summary 0001384: Subshell of an interactive shell is effectively non-interactive
Description The standard is missing a statement to the effect that a subshell of an interactive shell behaves as a non-interactive shell (despite the fact that $- and "set +o" indicate it is interactive).

For example, in all shells I tried, the subshell in the following is terminated by SIGTERM. (Some wrote "Terminated" between the two lines, others didn't, but the $? value in all of them indicated termination with SIGTERM and none of them wrote "foo".)
$ (pid=$(sh -c 'echo $PPID'); kill -s TERM "$pid"; echo foo)
$ echo $?
If the subshell was behaving as per the standard's requirements for an interactive shell, the SIGTERM would be ignored, the echo would be executed, and $? would be 0.

The current statement about traps in 2.12 is also out of date with respect to the description of the trap utility.
Desired Action On page 2382 line 76195 section 2.12 Shell Execution Environment,
after applying bug 1247 change:
A subshell environment shall be created as a duplicate of the shell environment, except that traps that are not being ignored shall be set to the default action.
to:
A subshell environment shall be created as a duplicate of the shell environment, except that:
  • Unless specified otherwise (see [xref to trap]), traps that are not being ignored shall be set to the default action.

  • If the shell is interactive, the subshell shall behave as a non-interactive shell in all respects other than the expansion of the special parameter '-' and the output of <tt>set -o</tt> and <tt>set +o</tt>, which shall continue to indicate that it is interactive.
Tags tc3-2008
Attached Files

- Relationships
related to 0001427Applied 2.8.1 does not take into account "command" 

-  Notes
(0005198)
rhansen (manager)
2021-01-11 16:45
edited on: 2021-01-14 16:30

 On page 2382 line 76195 section 2.12 Shell Execution Environment,
after applying bug 1247 change:
A subshell environment shall be created as a duplicate of the shell environment, except that traps that are not being ignored shall be set to the default action.
to:
A subshell environment shall be created as a duplicate of the shell environment, except that:
  • Unless specified otherwise (see [xref to trap]), traps that are not being ignored shall be set to the default action.
  • If the shell is interactive, the subshell shall behave as a non-interactive shell in all respects except:
    • The expansion of the special parameter '-' may continue to indicate that it is interactive.
    • The <tt>set -n</tt> option may be ignored.

On page 2411 line 77159 (XCU 2.14 set -n) change:
An interactive shell may ignore this option.
to:
Interactive shells and subshells of interactive shells, recursively, may ignore this option.
(0005200)
rhansen (manager)
2021-01-14 16:31
edited on: 2021-01-14 16:37

 Note: 0005198 was edited to change "and the output of <tt>set -o</tt> and <tt>set +o</tt> shall" to "may" in response to a comment on the mailing list:

https://www.mail-archive.com/austin-group-l@opengroup.org/msg07384.html [^]

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-07-29 09:02 geoffclare New Issue
2020-07-29 09:02 geoffclare Name => Geoff Clare
2020-07-29 09:02 geoffclare Organization => The Open Group
2020-07-29 09:02 geoffclare Section => 2.12 Shell Execution Environment
2020-07-29 09:02 geoffclare Page Number => 2382
2020-07-29 09:02 geoffclare Line Number => 76195-76202
2020-07-29 09:02 geoffclare Interp Status => ---
2020-11-02 13:26 dennisw Issue Monitored: dennisw
2020-12-01 16:28 geoffclare Relationship added related to 0001427
2021-01-11 16:45 rhansen Note Added: 0005198
2021-01-11 16:47 rhansen Final Accepted Text => Note: 0005198
2021-01-11 16:47 rhansen Status New => Resolved
2021-01-11 16:47 rhansen Resolution Open => Accepted As Marked
2021-01-11 16:47 rhansen Tag Attached: tc3-2008
2021-01-14 16:30 rhansen Note Edited: 0005198
2021-01-14 16:31 rhansen Note Added: 0005200
2021-01-14 16:33 rhansen Note Edited: 0005200
2021-01-14 16:33 rhansen Note Edited: 0005200
2021-01-14 16:33 rhansen Note Edited: 0005200
2021-01-14 16:37 rhansen Note Edited: 0005200
2021-01-29 11:27 geoffclare Status Resolved => Applied

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