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UNIX Environment variables get lost in ver23.3 as opposed to 23.2

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From: Vishwajith Singh <vnsblore <at> gmail.com>
To: 8331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8331: UNIX Environment variables get lost in ver23.3 as opposed to 23.2
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:24:27 -0700

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I switched to using the latest version of emacs 23.3. and am finding an
issue.
The issues is that the ENV variables defined in the shell are lost within a
buffer.

Here's an example:
1) //Define an ENV variable call FOO
UNIX setenv FOO FOO_VALUE
2) Open up a file in emacs called junk in the same window
3) In this new file, execute the shell command Ctrl-U Shift-! "echo $FOO"
You are basically echoing the value of $FOO into the buffer junk.

This works in emacs ver23.2 but fails in ver23.3 with the message "FOO:
Undefined variable."

Why is this difference of behaviour in the latest version?
Can someone suggest a workaround..

Thanks,
- V

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