That's ... weird, since the phrase "ignoring function definition attempt" wasn't added to bash 3.2 until today, with patch level 52. http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu

That's ... weird, since the phrase "ignoring function definition attempt" wasn't added to bash 3.2 until today, with patch level 52. http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-3.2-patches/bash32-052 http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-3.2-patches/bash32-052 Your paste indicates patch level 51. The phrase in question doesn't appear on the internet much at all before today. https://www.google.com/search?q="ignoring+function+definition+attempt"&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A%2Ccd_max%3A9%2F23%2F2014 https://www.google.com/search?q="ignoring+function+definitio... I presume that the one search result we see is due to a server that has an incorrect clock (or a time machine).