Re: current bash.git.devel segfaults on my code

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/20/21 8:27 PM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote:
> i see
> makes sense
>
> i was hoping for finished cmds to test / save debugging info , rather than 
> for example this git docs
>
> i can say it for anyone, ..imho 99 % to all docs are.. not for me
> like <peep>
>
> how to check bash devel version and version history
> to mark as good / bad
> .. is one small question about that all

The bottom line is that even with your code, it will take the rest of your
environment to reproduce the issue. I couldn't reproduce it with what you
previously posted. I doubt you can reproduce it with `bash --noprofile 
--norc' as well.

The idea behind `git bisect' is to find a commit where it works, find a
commit where it doesn't (for some value of `it'), and do a binary search on
commits between those two to find which one starts breaking. `git bisect'
automates much of this process.

I found this short explainer after about ten seconds of searching:

https://thoughtbot.com/blog/git-bisect

Since the problem appears to be interactive startup, I'm not sure you'll
be able to automate this, unless something like `bash -i </dev/null'
reproduces the problem. But `git bisect' can handle most of the process
for you.

Chet
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