unable to redirect readonly variable error

[Ian Macdonald]

Hello,

This doesn't seem right:

[ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ foo=x
[ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ foo=bar
[ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ readonly foo
[ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ foo=bar >/dev/null
bash: foo: readonly variable
[ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ foo=bar 2>/dev/null
bash: foo: readonly variable
[ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ foo=bar &>/dev/null
bash: foo: readonly variable

[ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.00.16(1)-release (i686-redhat-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Ian
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