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authorPeter Stephenson <pws@zsh.org>2017-08-01 09:37:26 +0100
committerPeter Stephenson <pws@zsh.org>2017-08-01 09:37:26 +0100
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41470: Another note on new effect of POSIX_BUILTINS
exec now won't find precommand modifiers after it with the
option set.  This may need further attention.
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@@ -679,7 +679,10 @@ See ifzman(the section `Precommand Modifiers' in zmanref(zshmisc))\
 ifnzman(noderef(Precommand Modifiers)).
 
 If the option tt(POSIX_BUILTINS) is set, var(command) is never
-interpreted as a shell builtin command or shell function.
+interpreted as a shell builtin command or shell function.  This
+means further precommand modifiers such as tt(builtin) and
+tt(noglob) are also not interpreted within the shell.  Hence
+var(command) is always found by searching the command path.
 
 cindex(redirection, current shell's I/O)
 If var(command) is omitted but any redirections are specified,