bash builtins not working

[armijnhemel]

Issue description

On my Fedora 25:

$ /nix/store/wsz11sx18n85if6gp50m870rypgavwpd-bash-4.4-p12/bin/bash
bash: shopt: progcomp: invalid shell option name
bash: shopt: progcomp: invalid shell option name

None of the other built-ins seem to work either, which wreaks havoc in some build scripts that require the bash builtins (for example: neo4j).

This might be related to NixOS/nix#730

Steps to reproduce

1. install Fedora 25
2. install something in nixpkgs (example: using nix-build).
3. directly start the shell from the nix store, as above

Technical details

LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-4.1-amd64:desktop-4.1-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:printing-4.1-amd64:printing-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Fedora
Description: Fedora release 25 (Twenty Five)
Release: 25
Codename: TwentyFive

[armijnhemel]

Also see https://mailman.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2014-October/014732.html

[JohnAZoidberg]

Is this still a problem? For me, at least on NixOS, bash when called by its nix-store path seems to work fine.
Can someone on a non-NixOS please test this?

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This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/non-interactive-bash-errors-from-flake-nix-mkshell/33310/1