On 6/13/20 6:17 PM, James D. Lin wrote:
> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 3
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> If I modify the `HISTIGNORE` variable indirectly through a reference (e.g.
> via `declare -n` or `local -n`), `HISTIGNORE` reflects the change, but the
> change isn't honored.
Thanks for the report. Bash checks whether `historyref' is the special
variable with side effects, not the target of the nameref.
Chet
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
