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From: ericblake AT comcast DOT net (Eric Blake)
To: Eric Backus <eric_backus AT alum DOT mit DOT edu>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Unable to run even simple batch scripts any more
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:35:56 +0000
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> * Workaround by exporting SHELLOPTS breaks things because it put interactive 
> things like history expansion into non-interactive shells (try calling "man 
> bash" after exporting SHELLOPTS with igncr, for example).

Quit spreading FUD.  I fixed this in bash 3.2.9-11, due to user
requests on this list.

> * Workaround inserting "set -o igncr" is impractical when there are lots of 
> scripts.

Not if you use  BASH_ENV to point to a short script that does this
on your behalf.

-- 
Eric Blake
volunteer cygwin bash maintainer

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