On 7/5/19 6:30 PM, charles.deleda...@gmail.com wrote:
> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 3
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Using a subshell environment in an if statement screws up my $LINENO
> variable, see minimal reproducible code below.
> The problem occurs only if the condition is true (meaning the subshell
> is executed). Same problem occurs if the subshell is in a while/for loop
> iterating at least once.
> The problem occurs with Bash 5.0.3. It does not occur with 4.2.3 or
> 3.2.57. See discussion here:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56909685/weird-behavior-of-lineno-in-a-bash-script-using-subshells-in-if-statements
Thanks for the report. This was fixed back in mid-March, and the fix is
in the devel branch.
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