From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Makarius Subject: Re: dash drops exported bash functions Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:30:59 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <20160211141936.GC17349@brutus.ethup.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mail-out1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de ([131.159.0.8]:55562 "EHLO mail-out1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751366AbcBKObB (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:31:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20160211141936.GC17349@brutus.ethup.se> Sender: dash-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: dash@vger.kernel.org To: Olof Johansson Cc: dash@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 11 Feb 2016, Olof Johansson wrote: > On 2016-02-11 14:40 +0100, Makarius wrote: >> In any case, the Debian guys need to get involved, but I am myself >> not a member of that society. > > Why? It's an upstream patch, it's not Debian specific. > > https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3-patches/bash43-027 Correct. It is also in bash-4.4-beta, where I should have looked first. > Adapt your software instead? I can certainly make evasive maneuvers. The problem is a deeper one, though: export -f in bash no longer works for systems that have /bin/sh -> dash (i.e. Debian and Ubuntu). Makarius