Re: [bug #65981] "bash test -v" does not work as documented with "export KEY="

[Robert Elz]

    Date:        Sat, 13 Jul 2024 08:57:18 +0200
    From:        Andreas =?iso-8859-1?B?S+Ro5HJp?= <andreas.kahari@abc.se>
    Message-ID:  <ZpIlToZgu2veigK3@eeyore.spotted-drum.ts.net>


  | After the "export", the variable has been *set*.

That's right, but there's no point answering that message here,
the anonymous poster will almost certainly never see it.
Lawrence already replied on savannah so there's no need to
do that either (I looked).

  | If you want to test whether a variable contains only an empty string,
  | use "test -z variablename".

That would be a guaranteed false.   You need test -z "${variablename}"

kre