BASH PATCH REPORT

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Bash-Release:	4.3

Patch-ID:	bash43-017

Bug-Reported-by:	Dan Douglas <[email protected]>

Bug-Reference-ID:	<7781746.RhfoTROLxF@smorgbox>

Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-05/msg00026.html

Bug-Description:

The code that creates local variables should not clear the `invisible'

attribute when returning an existing local variable.  Let the code that

actually assigns a value clear it.

Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):

*** ../bash-4.3-patched/variables.c	2014-02-14 11:55:12.000000000 -0500

--- variables.c	2014-05-07 10:53:57.000000000 -0400

***************

*** 2198,2205 ****

    old_var = find_variable (name);

    if (old_var && local_p (old_var) && old_var->context == variable_context)

!     {

!       VUNSETATTR (old_var, att_invisible);	/* XXX */

!       return (old_var);

!     }

    was_tmpvar = old_var && tempvar_p (old_var);

--- 2260,2264 ----

    old_var = find_variable (name);

    if (old_var && local_p (old_var) && old_var->context == variable_context)

!     return (old_var);

    was_tmpvar = old_var && tempvar_p (old_var);

*** ../bash-4.3/patchlevel.h	2012-12-29 10:47:57.000000000 -0500

--- patchlevel.h	2014-03-20 20:01:28.000000000 -0400

***************

*** 26,30 ****

     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

! #define PATCHLEVEL 16

  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */

--- 26,30 ----

     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

! #define PATCHLEVEL 17

  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */