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bash 1.05.2 sourceing bug

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From: Brian Fox
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1990 02:32
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   Date: Fri, 12 Jan 90 18:19:58 PST
   From: drazen@vlsi.caltech.edu (Drazen Borkovic)


   This is bash ver 1.05.2 on Sparcstation 1, SUNOS 4.0.3.

   Compiled with sun cc.


   When sourceing a file, bash doesn't set a variable.

   SCRIPT:

   !91 @ echo $BASH_VERSION
   1.05.2
   !92 @ echo $HOSTTYPE
   SUN4
   !93 @ cat ./J1
   declare -rx a5=5
   !94 @ unset a5
   !95 @ echo $a5
   a5: unbound variable
   !96 @ echo $-
   umo
   !97 @ . ./J1
   !98 @ echo $a5
   a5: unbound variable
   !99 @ set | egrep a5
   !100 @

   ENDSCRIPT

I don't know what you are talking about.  I haven't release 1.05 yet so
you couldn't possibly have a copy, let alone report a bug about it.

Brian
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