read -a severely broken

[Samium Gromoff]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i586
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i586' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i586-pc-linux-gnu' 
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -I.  -I. 
-I./include -I./lib -I/include -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math 
-march=pentium
uname output: Linux ibe.miee.ru 2.4.17-rmap12e #3 Wed Feb 13 21:46:03 MSK 2002 
i686 unknown
Machine Type: i586-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 2.05
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Description:
        read -a SOMETHING < file doesnt work: it fills only the first array 
entry

Repeat-By:
        echo -e "a\nb\nc\n" > a
        FOO=""
        read -a FOO < a
        echo ${FOO[0]}
        echo ${FOO[1]}
        echo ${FOO[2]}
        cat a | read -a FOO
        echo ${FOO[0]}
        echo ${FOO[1]}
        echo ${FOO[2]}