Re: Weird set -u error

[Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk>]

> On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 09:19:03AM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Yes, I know how to fix it. That is straight forward. SUDO_USER and
> > SUDO_PS1 have similar issues, debian_chroot works in the presence of set
> > -u
>
> I see.
>
> > But I don't understand why /etc/bash.bashrc is being sourced by make
> > when piping make through cat. Make is doing something like:
>
> The shell must be thinking that it is interactive. I'm a bit pressed at
> the moment, so I'll have to leave the "why" as an exercise...  you know
> :)

Thanks! I'd been trying -l but

$ bash -uic 'echo done'
bash: SUDO_USER: unbound variable
bash: color_prompt: unbound variable
done
$

Interesting that make is creating an interactive shell when its output
is redirected!

Tim.