`export PS1='value'` does not propagate to (Korn) subshells for root?
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Please consider the following /root/.profile:
export PS1=value1
export x=value2
How come the login shell shows the expected prompt (and $x as value2), while the subshells keep showing $x as value2 but $PS1 as '#'? Just in case, I'm trying this under OpenBSD.
[Yeah, I know... What on earth am I doing with OpenBSD if I don't know this? Just toying... in an isolated, most definitely non-production VM =).]
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