1 			     BASH PATCH REPORT

     2 			     =================

     3 

     4 Bash-Release:	4.3

     5 Patch-ID:	bash43-017

     6 

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

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

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

    10 

    11 Bug-Description:

    12 

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

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

    15 actually assigns a value clear it.

    16 

    17 Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):

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

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

    20 ***************

    21 *** 2198,2205 ****

    22     old_var = find_variable (name);

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

    24 !     {

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

    26 !       return (old_var);

    27 !     }

    28   

    29     was_tmpvar = old_var && tempvar_p (old_var);

    30 --- 2260,2264 ----

    31     old_var = find_variable (name);

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

    33 !     return (old_var);

    34   

    35     was_tmpvar = old_var && tempvar_p (old_var);

    36 

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

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

    39 ***************

    40 *** 26,30 ****

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

    42   

    43 ! #define PATCHLEVEL 16

    44   

    45   #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */

    46 --- 26,30 ----

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

    48   

    49 ! #define PATCHLEVEL 17

    50   

    51   #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */