Re: [bash 2.05b] Readline F1..F4 in xterm

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i586-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       A few days ago I upgraded my bash 2.03 to 2.05b, mainly to
>       benefit of the new programmable completion features. Anyway, I
>       noticed a bug that seems to be quite critical: Whenever I enter
>       a sequence that begins with <esc>O and that is not mapped to any
>       function bash runs berserk and eats up all CPU cycles and
>       memory, until I stop it by hitting <ctrl-c> or the kernel
>       finally kills the process. I noticed that because my xterm maps
>       F1 .. F4 to "\eOP" .. "\eOS".
>       According to a backtrace I made bash gets caught in endless
>       recursion between
> 
>         _rl_dispatch (key=256, map=0x811f008) at readline.c:529

You need to apply patch 1 to bash-2.05b.

ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/bash-2.05b-patches/bash205b-001

Chet

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