While researching this problem further, I stumbled across this page:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh

Prior to the release of 6.10, Ubuntu developers made a conscious
decision to change the default shell (the shell that is used to load
scripts in /etc/profile.d) from bash to dash. dash is smaller and faster
than bash, and its use increases the speed of startup operations. Having
read about this decision, I do not see this problem as a bug and I
withdraw my request to have this bug re-opened.

I would however like advice on how to circumvent this problem.

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"shopt" xsession error upon login
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/60079
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