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Re: cannot declare local variables if they're readonly

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  Re: cannot declare local variables if they're readonly Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2015-07-23 09:05 -0400

#11256 — Re: cannot declare local variables if they're readonly

On 7/22/15 7:12 PM, isabella parakiss wrote:
> From variables.c
> 
>                                        The test against old_var's context
>      level is to disallow local copies of readonly global variables (since I
>      believe that this could be a security hole).
> 
> Can you please explain how that can be a security hole?

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-02/msg00194.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-04/msg00099.html

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