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Re: unset builtin behaves differently from bash manual
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: unset builtin behaves differently from bash manual |
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Sun, 29 May 2011 12:56:17 -0400 |
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On 5/27/11 10:15 AM, Mu Qiao wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.1
> Patch Level: 9
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
> We haven't checked bash-4.0 but for bash-4.1 and later, without
> options, unset first tries to unset a variable, and if that fails, tries
> to unset a function. However, The manual still states the old behavior.
Thanks for the report. I will clarify the documentation.
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