BASH PATCH REPORT
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Bash-Release:   4.3
Patch-ID:       bash43-017

Bug-Reported-by:        Dan Douglas <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID:       <7781746.RhfoTROLxF@smorgbox>
Bug-Reference-URL:      http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-05/msg00026.html

Bug-Description:

The code that creates local variables should not clear the `invisible'
attribute when returning an existing local variable.  Let the code that
actually assigns a value clear it.

Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
*** ../bash-4.3-patched/variables.c     2014-02-14 11:55:12.000000000 -0500
--- variables.c 2014-05-07 10:53:57.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 2198,2205 ****
   old_var = find_variable (name);
   if (old_var && local_p (old_var) && old_var->context == variable_context)
!     {
!       VUNSETATTR (old_var, att_invisible);    /* XXX */
!       return (old_var);
!     }

   was_tmpvar = old_var && tempvar_p (old_var);
--- 2260,2264 ----
   old_var = find_variable (name);
   if (old_var && local_p (old_var) && old_var->context == variable_context)
!     return (old_var);

   was_tmpvar = old_var && tempvar_p (old_var);

*** ../bash-4.3/patchlevel.h    2012-12-29 10:47:57.000000000 -0500
--- patchlevel.h        2014-03-20 20:01:28.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 26,30 ****
    looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

! #define PATCHLEVEL 16

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

! #define PATCHLEVEL 17

 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */