[EVAL] Make eval with empty arguments return 0

On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 10:56:23AM +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote:
> tags 347232 + patch
> quit
> 
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 04:29:19PM +0100, Marco Nenciarini wrote:
> > The problem is here:
> > 
> > # Set the kernel 2.6 option only for fresh install
> > test -z "$(GetMenuOpt "kopt" "")" && kopt_2_6="root=$root_device_2_6 ro"
> > 
> > # Extract options for specific kernels
> > eval $(ExtractMenuOpts "\(kopt_[a-zA-Z0-9_]\+\)")
> > 
> > If the first test fails and the eval argument is empty then dash
> > terminate with exitcode 1.
> 
> > This is a simple testcase:
> > tm:~# bash -c "set -e ;/bin/false && : ; eval ''; echo 'END'"; echo $?
> > END
> > 0
> > tm:~# dash -c "set -e ;/bin/false && : ; eval ''; echo 'END'"; echo $?
> > 1
> > 
> > if you insert any command with successfull exit status before the
> > empty eval, all work ok:
> > tm:~# bash -c "set -e ;/bin/false && : ; : ; eval ''; echo 'END'"; echo $?
> > END
> > 0
> > tm:~# dash -c "set -e ;/bin/false && : ; : ; eval ''; echo 'END'"; echo $?
> > END
> > 0
> 
> Yes, I can confirm this is a bug in dash.  The standard says
> 
>  EXIT STATUS
> 
>      If there are no arguments, or only null arguments, eval shall
>      return a zero exit status; otherwise, it shall return the exit
>      status of the command defined by the string of concatenated
>      arguments separated by <space>s.
> 
> Hi Herbert, please see http://bugs.debian.org/347232

Changed evalstring to return the exit status instead of evalskip.  This
allows us to return zero if the string is empty.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index f8f6f0a..07e7ee2 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -150,10 +150,9 @@ evalcmd(int argc, char **argv)
                         STPUTC('\0', concat);
                         p = grabstackstr(concat);
                 }
-                evalstring(p, ~SKIPEVAL);
-                
+                return evalstring(p, ~SKIPEVAL);
         }
-        return exitstatus;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -166,24 +165,23 @@ evalstring(char *s, int mask)
 {
 	union node *n;
 	struct stackmark smark;
-	int skip;
+	int status;
 
 	setinputstring(s);
 	setstackmark(&smark);
 
-	skip = 0;
+	status = 0;
 	while ((n = parsecmd(0)) != NEOF) {
 		evaltree(n, 0);
+		status = exitstatus;
 		popstackmark(&smark);
-		skip = evalskip;
-		if (skip)
+		if (evalskip)
 			break;
 	}
 	popfile();
 
-	skip &= mask;
-	evalskip = skip;
-	return skip;
+	evalskip &= mask;
+	return status;
 }