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Subject: Re: bash 2.04 build failure?
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> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:21:30 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
> 
> * Bash would then check some environment variable to decide what it
>   wants to set that control variable to.
> 
> I'd prefer an environment variable because we have prior art in that area,
> regarding DJGPP bash --- TEST_FINDS_EXE and all those.

TEST_FINDS_EXE is different: it mainly pertains to noninteractive
operation of Bash (when it runs configure scripts and such likes).  By
contrast, the feature we are discussing is very relevant to
interactive sessions as well.