set -e is ineffective for subshells

[Paul Jarc]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' 
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -I.  -I. 
-I./include -I./lib -I/pkg/bash-2.05-4-sh/include -O2 -pipe -mpentium
uname output: Linux multivac.cwru.edu 2.4.4 #1 SMP Fri May 11 16:28:16 EDT 2001 
i686 unknown
Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 2.05
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

(This is actually patch level 4.  Dunno why bashbug doesn't know that.)

Description:
        The -e switch does not cause bash to exit when a subshell
        exits with nonzero status.

Repeat-By:
        bash -e '(exit 1); echo still here'