GNU bug report logs - #15372
eshell gives environment variables high precedence

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 15372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15372: eshell gives environment variables high precedence
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:05:17 -0400

> I don't use eshell, so maybe this is how it is supposed to work, but
> from the point of view of normal shells, this seems wrong:
> foo=FOOBAR emacs -Q -f eshell
> eshell> for foo in 5 { echo $foo }
> -> FOOBAR

Sorry, I saw this email too late.  Yes, indeed, this should be a bug.


        Stefan
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