On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 17:43:38 -0500, Zeffie via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell wrote: > 1. `echo $BASH_VERSION` is Irrelevant > You seem to have completely misunderstood the context of the bug report. The > command: > > ```sh > echo $BASH_VERSION > ``` > is entirely irrelevant in this discussion because: > `BASH_VERSION` is only set when Bash is running as Bash. > > When Bash is invoked as `sh` (i.e., in sh-mode via symlink), it does not > necessarily set `BASH_VERSION` and behaves differently from its normal > interactive mode. > > The issue being reported occurs specifically in sh-mode, which means that > confirming `BASH_VERSION` only proves that you’re not testing the relevant > scenario. > > Your test confirms that you are running Bash in normal mode, not in sh-mode. > That is the opposite of what is required to reproduce the issue.
hobbit:~$ (exec -a sh bash) sh-5.2$ echo "$BASH_VERSION" 5.2.15(1)-release
