Re: [Occasional error from bash on AIX: Interrupted system call - Unix & Linux Stack]

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/28/13, 7:27 AM, utilisateur_hxexp_expl wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: powerpc
> OS: aix5.3.0.0
> Compiler: cc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='powerpc' 
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='aix5.3.0.0' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0' 
> -DCONF_VENDOR='ibm' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' 
> -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I. -I./include -I./lib  -I./lib/intl 
> -I/home/hxexp/bash-4.2/lib/intl -O2 
> uname output: AIX vhqud21 3 5 00C5A0224C00
> Machine Type: powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0
> 
> Bash Version: 4.2.0
> Patch Level: 16
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       [ Error message such as "line 9: /tmp//sh-np-7841523: Interrupted 
> system call" is generated when using process substitution in bash on AIX.
> The issue happens very rarely and cannot be reproduced systematically.
> 
> Seems to happen more frequently if the server is loaded.
>         ]

Thanks for the report.  This came up a few weeks ago and got fixed then.
Look at

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2013-10/msg00114.html

Chet
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