--- a/components/bash/patches/solaris-005.variables.c.patch	Tue Nov 22 10:16:59 2016 +0100
+++ b/components/bash/patches/solaris-005.variables.c.patch	Fri Dec 02 08:08:33 2016 -0800
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # Otherwise we end up with inconsistently defined/exported
 # defaults.
 # Solaris-specific patch.
+#
+# I don't fully understand what this does. It would be worth discussing with
+# upstream. They clerly were using the commands at some point in time.
+
 --- variables.c	2011-01-24 17:07:48.000000000 -0800
 +++ variables.c	2011-11-29 09:29:51.902791524 -0800
 @@ -471,14 +471,12 @@