Description of problem: unlike nash 4.x, nash 3.5.x does not support using environment variables in its scripts. Having support for environment vars would make it much easier to pass kernel parameters to commands invoked in linuxrc. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.5.13.3-1 Additional info: The attached patch is simply taken from nash 4.x code.
Created attachment 117970 [details] adds support for environment vars in nash scripts
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