[perl #21594] use Env qw(VAR) and foreach $VAR (...) don't like each other

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This is a bug report for perl from gregor@focusresearch.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.34 running under perl v5.8.0.


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This script doesn't DWIM. The $BAR stuff works fine. But, the
$FOO stuff inside the foreach doesn't. In that case, the changes
to the environment variable FOO are not visible to the shell.

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#!/usr/bin/perl -w

#
# Use an evar:
#

use Env qw(BAR);

$BAR = 'howdy';
print       "[perl ] BAR = \"$BAR\"\n";
system 'echo [shell] BAR = \"$BAR\"';

print "\n";

#
# Now, use one in a foreach:
#

use Env qw(FOO);
my @a = qw(foo bar splee);

foreach $FOO (@a) {
    print       "[perl ] FOO = \"$FOO\"\n";
    system 'echo [shell] FOO = \"$FOO\"';
}
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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=medium
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Site configuration information for perl v5.8.0:

Configured by bhcompile at Sun Sep  1 23:55:07 EDT 2002.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.4.18-11smp, archname=i386-linux-thread-multi
    uname='linux daffy.perf.redhat.com 2.4.18-11smp #1 smp thu aug 15 06:41:59 edt 2002 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux '
    config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red Hat, Inc. -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio -Dinstallusrbinperl -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -isr'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
    optimize='-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/include/gdbm'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.2 20020822 (Red Hat Linux Rawhide 3.2-5)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    libc=/lib/libc-2.2.92.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
    gnulibc_version='2.2.92'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl v5.8.0:
    /home/gregor/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /home/gregor/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
    /home/gregor/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
    /home/gregor/lib/perl5/site_perl
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.8.0:
    HOME=/home/gregor
    LANG=en_US.iso885915
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/src/xml-xalan/c/lib:/usr/local/src/Sablot-0.44/lib
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=.:/home/gregor/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/bin:/usr/lib/ICAClient:/opt/ant/bin:/home/gregor/bin:.
    PERL5LIB=/home/gregor/lib/perl5/site_perl
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

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