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Bug 755707 - app-shells/dash-0.5.11.2: jobs in command substitution doesn't work (as if run in subshell)
Summary: app-shells/dash-0.5.11.2: jobs in command substitution doesn't work (as if ru...
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2020-11-20 12:41 UTC by Nikita Zlobin
Modified: 2020-11-20 18:34 UTC (History)
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Description Nikita Zlobin 2020-11-20 12:41:00 UTC 
Manual page jobs(1p) specifies such application use as $(jobs -p),
which seems to be the only way to get job pid somehow reused by saving
in a variable (this page itself also tells it's common to be
implemented as built-in).

It works bash, but not in dash (btw, dash doesn't even document it in own manual).
Comment 1 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-11-20 16:14:42 UTC 
This seems like an upstream bug, no?
Comment 2 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev 2020-11-20 18:34:10 UTC 
Indeed.