BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.1 Patch-ID: bash41-004 Bug-Reported-by: Crestez Dan Leonard 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_ */