Re: bash segfaults processing a certain .bashrc file on AMD 64-bit machine

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
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> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
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> Description: If my .bashrc file contains the lines below, then newly
> invoked copies of bash segfault on my new Redhat FC2 AMD 64-bit
> machine. The same code works fine on a variety of i386 32-bit machine
> (single, dual CPU) and on 64-bit Sun machines. I got the cleanpath
> function off the web, so it is conceivable that the problem is in
> there. In that case, sorry for wasting your time... In any case, could
> you give me some pointers to fixing this?

I can't reproduce this on my 64-bit powermac, using 2.05b or 3.0.

You could always generate a stack traceback from the core file after it
segfaults:

        gdb bash core
        (gdb) where

That might help pinpoint the problem.

Chet

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