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From: iverok@sum.uio.no
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Subject: bin/6577: /bin/sh environment variables not set in simple commands
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>Number:         6577
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       /bin/sh environment variables not set in simple commands
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 10 12:50:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Iver Odin Kvello
>Organization:
>Release:        2.2.5-RELEASE
>Environment:
FreeBSD faust.uio.no 2.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE #0: Mon March 24
20:37:01 CET 1997 root@pcsum47.uio.no:/usr/src/sys/compile/BALLE i386
>Description:
Gambit-C version 3 depends upon
FOO=bar eval echo \$FOO
outputting "bar" to build. It outputs nothing. This is contrary to
the documented behaviour (for Simple Commands) and to observed
behaviour on AiX, Digital Unix and on bash.
>How-To-Repeat:
#!/bin/sh
FOO=ok eval echo \$FOO
>Fix:
substitute

FOO=bar ; eval expr \$FOO

or use bash.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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