Bash-2.04 vs glibc-2.2.1

[Michal Maru?¹ka]

I upgraded to glibc-2.2.1.  (from 2.1.2).
I tried to compile Bash-2.04 (i've had it on my HD for a year since i tried 
to install it w/o success).
After a while i noticed that glob-expansion  doesn't work. Precisely: it 
expands, but the result is wrong. So:
$ echo *
gives 2 empty lines.
$ ls *
gives 
ls: : No such file or directory
for each file/dir expanded (i think).

My solution:
I looked at pathexp.c. I did _not_ read it for a long, but noticed a 
possibility 
for the use of an external globbing library. So I switched to it (seems 
builtin in Glibc now).

Patches follow: (I can't find anything about USE_POSIX_GLOB_LIBRARY in 
configure!?)


diff -c /internet/gnu/bash-2.04/config.h.~1~ /internet/gnu/bash-2.04/config.h
*** /internet/gnu/bash-2.04/config.h.~1~        Mon Feb  5 22:50:07 2001
--- /internet/gnu/bash-2.04/config.h    Mon Feb  5 22:50:07 2001
***************
*** 627,630 ****
--- 627,634 ----
  
  #include "config-bot.h"
  
+ 
+ /* New glibc 2.2 includes the glob functions! */
+ #define USE_POSIX_GLOB_LIBRARY 1
+ 
  #endif /* _CONFIG_H_ */







diff -c /internet/gnu/bash-2.04/pathexp.c.~1~ /internet/gnu/bash-2.04/pathexp.c
*** /internet/gnu/bash-2.04/pathexp.c.~1~       Mon Feb  5 22:47:33 2001
--- /internet/gnu/bash-2.04/pathexp.c   Mon Feb  5 22:47:33 2001
***************
*** 169,175 ****
  {
  #if defined (USE_POSIX_GLOB_LIBRARY)
    register int i;
!   char *temp, **return_value;
    glob_t filenames;
    int glob_flags;
  
--- 169,175 ----
  {
  #if defined (USE_POSIX_GLOB_LIBRARY)
    register int i;
!   char *temp, **results;
    glob_t filenames;
    int glob_flags;
  
***************
*** 189,195 ****
  
    free (temp);
  
!   if (i == GLOB_NOSPACE || i == GLOB_ABEND)
      return ((char **)NULL);
    else if (i == GLOB_NOMATCH)
      filenames.gl_pathv = (char **)NULL;
--- 189,195 ----
  
    free (temp);
  
!   if (i == GLOB_NOSPACE || i == GLOB_ABORTED)
      return ((char **)NULL);
    else if (i == GLOB_NOMATCH)
      filenames.gl_pathv = (char **)NULL;




BTW: I noticed Bash has programmable completion, like Zsh (to which i am 
migrating 
slowly). How do the (bash /zsh ) compare ?
        


-- 
Michal Maruska