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Subject: bin/2934: sh(1) has problems with $ENV
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>Number:         2934
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sh(1) has problems with $ENV
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 10 16:30:02 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     steve howe
>Organization:
unknown
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

/bin/sh in any FreeBSD system so far.

>Description:

/bin/sh processes $ENV fine if it has been set inside ~/.profile like:

	ENV=${HOME}/.env; export ENV

However, it fails to source $ENV in this case:

	export ENV=${HOME}/.env

>How-To-Repeat:

Use:

	export ENV=${HOME}/.env

in your ~/.profile, and re-invoke another level of sh(1).  $ENV won't
be read.  Now invoke any other Bourne-alike shell (pdksh, ksh93,
bash), it will process $ENV correctly.

>Fix:
	
Not known.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
[This PR sent by joerg on behalf of Steve who doesn't have a good
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