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diff --git a/function.c b/function.c
index c918ec9..c2436bd 100644
--- a/function.c
+++ b/function.c
@@ -337,8 +337,18 @@ expand_function (o, function, text, end)
if (argv == 0)
break;
+ /* Using a target environment for `shell' loses in cases like:
+ export var = $(shell echo foobie)
+ because target_environment hits a loop trying to expand $(var)
+ to put it in the environment. This is even more confusing when
+ var was not explicitly exported, but just appeared in the
+ calling environment. */
+#if 1
+ envp = environ;
+#else
/* Construct the environment. */
envp = target_environment ((struct file *) 0);
+#endif
/* For error messages. */
if (reading_filename != 0)