Re: SIGTTIN when exec-ing from .profile/.bashrc

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.03
> Patch Level: 8
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> 
> If bash2 is started as a login shell from /bin/login, and .profile or
> .bashrc use the exec builtin to replace the shell with another process
> then the newly exec-ed process appears to have problems reading from
> the terminal - strace shows such a process stuck in a tight loop,
> repeatedly processing SIGTTIN.
> 
> This affects /bin/bash2 in the Redhat 6.x GNU/Linux distribution, as
> well as /bin/sh and /bin/bash on RedHat 7.0 (which are both bash v2).

Thanks; I fixed this this morning.  It will be in bash-2.05.

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