Re: --enable-minimal-config

Pascal S. de Kloe wrote:

> # ./configure --enable-minimal-config
> # make
> ...
> execute_cmd.c: In function `executing_line_number':
> execute_cmd.c:290: error: union has no member named `Cond'
> execute_cmd.c:292: error: union has no member named `Arith'
> execute_cmd.c:294: error: union has no member named `ArithFor'
> make: *** [execute_cmd.o] Error 1
>
> Computer: alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnu
> bash 2.05b with patch 001 to 007

This has been fixed in bash-3.0.

> Since the manual invites "Suggestions and 'philosophical' bug reports" 
> I'll have a complaint. Why do you have variables named PWD and OLDPWD?

Historical precedent.  ksh added $PWD and $OLDPWD quite a few years
ago, and POSIX standardized both.

> Following the historical "An Introduction To The C Shell" by William Joy:

Bash doesn't try to imitate the C shell, though it does have a few
csh-inspired features.

Chet