Re: segfault on rl_completion_matches() interrupt

[Roman Rakus]

On 04/15/2013 01:08 AM, Raphaël Droz wrote:
> Using both 4.2 and 4.3, I can reproduce a segfault on completion (though
> not using gdb)
>
> This can happen very consistently using a time-consuming completion like
> the one for `man`, eg:
> $ man g<tab><tab>^C
>
>
> Attached is the trace from a core-file using `man gpg-agent g<tab><tab>^C`
> with bash 4.3.
>
>
> Side note: as more and more completions take time to finish (think ssh,
> dpkg, ...), having ^G to interrupt the completion process and not having
> to use ^C which discard the whole line could be useful.
From quick look I see missing memory allocation and probably dislocation.

RR