BASH PATCH REPORT
=================
Bash-Release: 4.1
Patch-ID: bash41-004
Bug-Reported-by: Crestez Dan Leonard <
[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID: <1265592839.30682.21.camel@deskbox>
Bug-Reference-URL:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2010-02/msg00034.html
Bug-Description:
When running in Posix mode and executing a shell function without local
variables, bash will not propagate a variable in a special builtin's temporary
environment to have global scope.
Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
*** ../bash-4.1-patched/variables.c 2009-11-03 14:13:58.000000000 -0500
--- variables.c 2010-02-08 17:36:18.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 3809,3812 ****
--- 3809,3817 ----
if (tempvar_p (var) && (posixly_correct || (var->attributes & att_propagate)))
{
+ /* Make sure we have a hash table to store the variable in while it is
+ being propagated down to the global variables table. Create one if
+ we have to */
+ if ((vc_isfuncenv (shell_variables) || vc_istempenv (shell_variables)) && shell_variables->table == 0)
+ shell_variables->table = hash_create (0);
/* XXX - should we set v->context here? */
v = bind_variable_internal (var->name, value_cell (var), shell_variables->table, 0, 0);
*** ../bash-4.1-patched/patchlevel.h 2009-10-01 16:39:22.000000000 -0400
--- patchlevel.h 2010-01-14 09:38:08.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 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_ */
