Re: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)]

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: sparc-sun-solaris2.7
> 
> Bash Version: 2.05
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       bash segfaults on the first command execution
> 
> Repeat-By:
>       
> 
> Fix:
>       Tracking the error with a debugger and comparing 2.04 and 2.05
>       version of stringlib.c I think there it's a simple copy & paste 
>       bug in stringlib.c: lines 222,223 come frome a part of code above
>       and should most probably be simply removed. Here's the diff:

No, they should not.  `ind', however, needs to be initialized.  Try
instead adding

        ind = r - ret;

before the call to RESIZE_MALLOCED_BUFFER and see if that fixes it.

*** ../bash-2.05/stringlib.c    Wed Feb 14 17:00:42 2001
--- stringlib.c Tue Apr 17 08:10:29 2001
***************
*** 221,224 ****
--- 221,225 ----
        p++;
  
+       ind = r - ret;
        RESIZE_MALLOCED_BUFFER (ret, ind, 2, rlen, rlen);
        r = ret + ind;                  /* in case reallocated */

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Chet Ramey, CWRU    chet@po.CWRU.Edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/