Index: bash-3.2/doc/bash.1
===================================================================
--- bash-3.2.orig/doc/bash.1
+++ bash-3.2/doc/bash.1
@@ -1405,6 +1405,14 @@ subsequently reset.
 Expands to the effective user ID of the current user, initialized at
 shell startup.  This variable is readonly.
 .TP
+.B EXECIGNORE
+A colon-separated list of extended glob (see \fBPattern Matching\fP)
+patterns. Files with full paths matching one of these patterns are not
+considered executable for the purposes of completion and PATH
+searching, but the \fB[\fP, \fB[[\fP, and \fBtest\fP builtins are not
+affected. Use this variable to deal with systems that set the
+executable bit on files that are not actually executable.
+.TP
 .B FUNCNAME
 An array variable containing the names of all shell functions
 currently in the execution call stack.
Index: bash-3.2/doc/bashref.texi
===================================================================
--- bash-3.2.orig/doc/bashref.texi
+++ bash-3.2/doc/bashref.texi
@@ -4464,6 +4464,14 @@ emacs shell buffer and disables line edi
 The numeric effective user id of the current user.  This variable
 is readonly.
 
+@item EXECIGNORE
+A colon-separated list of extended glob ((@pxref{Pattern Matching})
+patterns. Files with full paths matching one of these patterns are not
+considered executable for the purposes of completion and PATH
+searching, but the @code{[}, @code{[[}, and @code{test} builtins are
+not affected. Use this variable to deal with systems that set the
+executable bit on files that are not actually executable.
+
 @item FCEDIT
 The editor used as a default by the @option{-e} option to the @code{fc}
 builtin command.


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