2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9358c09..954ff12 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -796,3 +796,9 @@ Changes since rc-1.5b2
 2002-07-31
 
   Bug: readline doesn't handle EIO either.
+
+2002-08-15
+
+  Bug: variables that are sometimes exported (i.e. $prompt and
+  $version) need to be made exportable if they are inherited from the
+  environment.
diff --git a/var.c b/var.c
index 83c5ff9..ee8c228 100644
--- a/var.c
+++ b/var.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ extern bool varassign_string(char *extdef) {
 	strcpy(new->extdef, extdef);
 	if (i != -1)
 		alias(name, varlookup(name), FALSE);
+	set_exportable(name, TRUE);
 	return TRUE;
 }