*** ../bash-4.2-patched/command.h	2010-08-02 19:36:51.000000000 -0400
--- command.h	2012-04-01 12:38:35.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 98,101 ****
--- 98,102 ----
  #define W_ASSIGNASSOC	0x400000	/* word looks like associative array assignment */
  #define W_ARRAYIND	0x800000	/* word is an array index being expanded */
+ #define W_ASSNGLOBAL	0x1000000	/* word is a global assignment to declare (declare/typeset -g) */
  
  /* Possible values for subshell_environment */
*** ../bash-4.2-patched/execute_cmd.c	2011-11-21 18:03:41.000000000 -0500
--- execute_cmd.c	2012-04-01 12:42:03.000000000 -0400
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*** 3581,3585 ****
    WORD_LIST *w;
    struct builtin *b;
!   int assoc;
  
    if (words == 0)
--- 3581,3585 ----
    WORD_LIST *w;
    struct builtin *b;
!   int assoc, global;
  
    if (words == 0)
***************
*** 3587,3591 ****
  
    b = 0;
!   assoc = 0;
  
    for (w = words; w; w = w->next)
--- 3587,3591 ----
  
    b = 0;
!   assoc = global = 0;
  
    for (w = words; w; w = w->next)
***************
*** 3604,3607 ****
--- 3604,3609 ----
  	if (assoc)
  	  w->word->flags |= W_ASSIGNASSOC;
+ 	if (global)
+ 	  w->word->flags |= W_ASSNGLOBAL;
  #endif
        }
***************
*** 3609,3613 ****
      /* Note that we saw an associative array option to a builtin that takes
         assignment statements.  This is a bit of a kludge. */
!     else if (w->word->word[0] == '-' && strchr (w->word->word, 'A'))
        {
  	if (b == 0)
--- 3611,3618 ----
      /* Note that we saw an associative array option to a builtin that takes
         assignment statements.  This is a bit of a kludge. */
!     else if (w->word->word[0] == '-' && (strchr (w->word->word+1, 'A') || strchr (w->word->word+1, 'g')))
! #else
!     else if (w->word->word[0] == '-' && strchr (w->word->word+1, 'g'))
! #endif
        {
  	if (b == 0)
***************
*** 3619,3626 ****
  	      words->word->flags |= W_ASSNBLTIN;
  	  }
! 	if (words->word->flags & W_ASSNBLTIN)
  	  assoc = 1;
        }
- #endif
  }
  
--- 3624,3632 ----
  	      words->word->flags |= W_ASSNBLTIN;
  	  }
! 	if ((words->word->flags & W_ASSNBLTIN) && strchr (w->word->word+1, 'A'))
  	  assoc = 1;
+ 	if ((words->word->flags & W_ASSNBLTIN) && strchr (w->word->word+1, 'g'))
+ 	  global = 1;
        }
  }
  
*** ../bash-4.2-patched/subst.c	2012-03-11 17:35:13.000000000 -0400
--- subst.c	2012-04-01 12:38:35.000000000 -0400
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*** 367,370 ****
--- 367,375 ----
        fprintf (stderr, "W_ASSNBLTIN%s", f ? "|" : "");
      }
+   if (f & W_ASSNGLOBAL)
+     {
+       f &= ~W_ASSNGLOBAL;
+       fprintf (stderr, "W_ASSNGLOBAL%s", f ? "|" : "");
+     }
    if (f & W_COMPASSIGN)
      {
***************
*** 2804,2808 ****
    else if (assign_list)
      {
!       if (word->flags & W_ASSIGNARG)
  	aflags |= ASS_MKLOCAL;
        if (word->flags & W_ASSIGNASSOC)
--- 2809,2813 ----
    else if (assign_list)
      {
!       if ((word->flags & W_ASSIGNARG) && (word->flags & W_ASSNGLOBAL) == 0)
  	aflags |= ASS_MKLOCAL;
        if (word->flags & W_ASSIGNASSOC)