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From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
To: <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Small bash issue
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 15:37:54 +0100
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While trying to build a package for autoconf 2.53, I ran into
several testsuite failures (so it will be delayed, especially
since I have precious little free time lately).
In the course of fixing them, i noticed a small breakage in
bash 2.05a (from clio):


#! /bin/sh

set -x
echo tracing is on
(set +x; echo tracing is off here)
echo tracing should be back on now



after the subshell ends, debugging is STILL disabled, while
it should be enabled.  This makes it impossible to run configure
or config.status with -x, as they use such subshells right at
the start.