Re: sh portability questions

[Akim Demaille]

>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:

 > Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
 >> if (local foo) >/dev/null 2>&1; then :; else
 >> local () { true;  }
 >> fi

 > Note that local is only valid in function context, so this will always
 > produce a failure.

Thanks, I didn't know.  How about this then?

(
    foo=bar
    test_local () {
        local foo=foo
    }
    test_local
    test $foo = bar
) || local () {
    case $1 in
        *=*) eval "$1";;
    esac

}