Re: command -p should enable builtins not in path

[Martijn Dekker <martijn@xxxxxxxx>]

Op 20-08-20 om 12:28 schreef Vincent Lefevre:
> Though zsh isn't meant to conform to POSIX, it should follow its
> requirements when they make sense.


Just to clarify, 'zsh --emulate sh' *is* meant to conform to POSIX, correct?

[...]
> Setting the POSIX_BUILTINS option allows "cd" to be found, but with
> the drawback that it will not disable builtins that are in $PATH.
> So this option is a bad solution when using "zmodload zsh/files"
> without -F, for instance.
>
> Note: "command -p cd ..." is used by Intel's script to set up
> environment variables for its compiler.


If it wasn't written for native zsh, it probably has other 
incompatibilities as well. Wouldn't 'sticky emulation' allow you to 
seamlessly mix that code with native zsh code?

- M.

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