On 12/08/2011 08:04 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 8 Dec 2011, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >>> >>> Instead of doing it this way, I'd almost rather see: >>> >>> if test "${BASH_VERSION+set}" = set; then >> >> Face palm! Absolutely, that is far more sensible. Assuming we decide >> to push this patch, I'll do it that way and ditch the host check. >> Thanks! > > Is the value of this variable inheritable by subordinate shells, or is > it an internal shell variable which would never be exported to > subordinate shells?
By default, bash sets up $BASH_VERSION as an internal variable, and not exported. It is unwise for users (or scripts) to export BASH_VERSION to child processes. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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