Re-send:
I noticed it when I tried to branch an xterm off into multiple sessions and mistyped its name:
So after experimenting with a ton of different scenarios I've come to this conclusion:
* both xterm and gnome-terminal crash
* a nested bash session also crashes returning me back to the previous shell where the wd is ~
* does not crash in TTY, nor in nested session within TTY.
*
only happens when two or more (but not less) directories deep into home
(~), for example, "~/Videos/movies/" or "~/Pictures/vacation/2009".
Running
a non-existent command in the background while two or more directories
deep into home (~) causes bash to crash, but only when in a terminal
emulatorWhy does this happen?
Addendum:
The version number of Bash.
$ bash --version
4.3.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
The hardware and operating system.
Aspire-XC-603G
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
The compiler used to compile Bash.
can't find that information. `info bash | grep gcc` gives me nothing
A description of the bug behaviour.
Described Above
A short script or ‘recipe’ which exercises the bug and may be used
to reproduce it.
$ mkdir dir1
$ mkdir dir1/dir2
$ cd dir1/dir2
$ nonexistentcommand &
Using it as a script won't cause a crash. The crash only happens in interactive mode.