Re: Bash-3.0.16 hangs when running this pipeline: set | grep BASH

[Geoff Odhner]

Thanks very much.  This does beautifully.

Geoff Odhner


Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote on 05/06/2005 09:35:18 PM:

> Geoff Odhner wrote:
> > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> > Machine: i686
> > OS: linux-gnu
> > Compiler: gcc
> > Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' -
> DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -
> DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/home/geoff/i686/share/locale' -
> DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I.. -I../include -I..
> /lib   -g -O2
> > uname output: Linux mica 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:30:39 
> EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> > Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
> > 
> > Bash Version: 3.0
> > Patch Level: 16
> > Release Status: release
> > 
> > Description:
> >    When I run a pipeline such as "set | grep BASH", bash will hang.
> >    I did not have this problem at patch level 3.0.1.  (Is this a 
> >    side effect of the fix in patch bash30-012?)
> 
> A patch is available here:
> 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2004-09/msg00081.html
> 
> Chet
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