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Subject: ports/2207: bash hangs tty and uses all cpu when TERM is exported to ""
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>Number:         2207
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       bash hangs tty and uses all cpu when TERM is exported to ""
>Confidential:   yes
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 13 07:30:01 PST 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Josh Gilliam
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
FreeBSD stanton-1-1.quick.net 2.1.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE #0: Fri Dec  6 19:19:47 PST 1996     soil@stanton-1-2.quick.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/soil  i386

GNU bash, version 1.14.7(1)

>Description:
When TERM is exported to "" under GNU bash, the current tty freezes and cpu
gradually rises to 100%. The process is unkillable from the current tty.

>How-To-Repeat:
$ /usr/local/bin/bash
bash$ export TERM=""

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: