From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 12 22:40:03 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2119106566B for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:40:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 646658FC15 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:40:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0CMe3wG038199 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:40:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q0CMe3fK038198; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:40:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:40:03 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201201122240.q0CMe3fK038198@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Garrett Cooper Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC5F106566C for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:35:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA4D88FC0A for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:35:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0CMZ2cY004974 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:35:02 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q0CMZ2F2004965; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:35:02 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201201122235.q0CMZ2F2004965@red.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:35:02 GMT From: Garrett Cooper To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/164070: cd built-in in /bin/sh doesn't report cd(1) errors in an intuitive/correct manner X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:40:03 -0000 >Number: 164070 >Category: bin >Synopsis: cd built-in in /bin/sh doesn't report cd(1) errors in an intuitive/correct manner >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 12 22:40:03 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Garrett Cooper >Release: 10-CURRENT >Organization: iXsystems, Inc. >Environment: FreeBSD streetfighter.ixsystems.com 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #1 r229730M: Fri Jan 6 14:03:26 PST 2012 gcooper@streetfighter.ixsystems.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STREETFIGHTER amd64 >Description: /bin/sh doesn't report proper errors when cd'ing to an invalid path (in this case a file, not a directory): $ sh -c 'cd /usr/src/Makefile' cd: /usr/src/Makefile: No such file or directory bash does the right thing: $ bash -c 'cd /usr/src/Makefile' bash: line 0: cd: /usr/src/Makefile: Not a directory $ svn status /usr/src/bin/sh/ $ The bash reported error matches fchdir(2) semantics, whereas it appears that the sh reported error matches the chdir(2) semantics: [ENOENT] The named directory does not exist. .. [ENOTDIR] The file descriptor does not reference a directory. If it is as I suspect and bash is using fchdir whereas sh is using chdir, bash is also using less error prone/security conscious logic. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: