BASH PATCH REPORT
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Bash-Release: 3.1
Patch-ID: bash31-004

Bug-Reported-by: Mike Frysinger <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID: <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2005-12/msg00062.html

Bug-Description:

A local array variable declared at function scope that shadows a variable
of the same name declared in a previous scope did not create a separate
variable instance, but used the previous one.

Patch:

*** ../bash-3.1/subst.c Mon Oct 24 09:51:13 2005
--- subst.c     Fri Dec 30 12:11:53 2005
***************
*** 2188,2192 ****
     {
       v = find_variable (name);
!       if (v == 0 || array_p (v) == 0)
         v = make_local_array_variable (name);
       v = assign_array_var_from_string (v, value, flags);
--- 2188,2192 ----
     {
       v = find_variable (name);
!       if (v == 0 || array_p (v) == 0 || v->context != variable_context)
         v = make_local_array_variable (name);
       v = assign_array_var_from_string (v, value, flags);
*** ../bash-3.1/patchlevel.h    Wed Jul 20 13:58:20 2005
--- patchlevel.h        Wed Dec  7 13:48:42 2005
***************
*** 26,30 ****
    looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

! #define PATCHLEVEL 3

 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
    looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

! #define PATCHLEVEL 4

 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */