Re: Bash-4.3 Official Patch 27

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/28/14, 11:38 AM, becker.rg@gmail.com wrote:

> If I use the Arch linux [testing] bash-4.3.027-1 which is uses this patch 
> then I have a patch against the at(1) source which converts exported 
> functions into something that sh can parse and allows exported functions to 
> be used in the environment that calls at.

This looks like a problem with `at' assuming that everything in the
environment is a valid shell assignment statement (or equivalent).  Since
the environment can include arbitrary strings, that's not a safe
assumption.  Bash, for instance, ignores and passes environment strings
that it doesn't recognize as valid assignment statements.

> Also is there anyone here who knows where such a patch should be sent?

I'd send it to your vendor.  If appropriate they can send it upstream.

Chet

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