> [stmpeters - Wed Jul 27 07:16:02 2005]:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Wed Jul 27 00:47:52 2005]:
> >
> > This is a bug report for perl from [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> > generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.7.
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > [Please enter your report here]
> >
> > For at least Perl 5.8.7 on Cygwin, delete()ing an environment
> variable
> > does not apparently remove that variable from the environment of a
> > subprocess. Here is a short repro case:
> >
> > #!/usr/bin/perl
> > use strict;
> > use warnings;
> >
> > $ENV{SHOULD_NEVER_BE_SEEN} = "hello world";
> > delete($ENV{SHOULD_NEVER_BE_SEEN});
> > system("printenv | grep SHOULD_NEVER_BE_SEEN");
> >
> > On Unix systems this script appropriately prints nothing.
> > On an up to date Cygwin installation this prints "hello world".
> >
> > This bug manifested itself as a problem with Test::Harness on Cygwin
> > Perl. For context, see the e-mail thread around this summary
> message:
> > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg01201.html
> >
Oops, sorry about the empty reply. I had a problem similar to this with
locally scoped environment variables, but could only get it to occur on
Cygwin with Windows NT (see RT #30952). Upon some examination, it
appears that the two problems are the same. The attempted workaround in
RT #30952 does undef the environment variable as far as Perl is
concerned, but it does seem to leave it empty in the environment.
