Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 03:10:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Niall Smart <niall@pobox.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/12578: `` subshell taints PWD Message-ID: <199907131010.DAA44084@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/12578; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Niall Smart <niall@pobox.com>
To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, bugs@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/12578: `` subshell taints PWD
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 18:37:13 +0000
Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> cd /tmp
> echo .`cd /`.
> pwd
>
> Any takers?
The patch appended seems to fix this, I'd like someone familiar
with sh to review it though, since this may be symptomatic of
a general problem with command substitution.
> PS: And no, this is not an invitation to chat about the default shell
> for the base system. :-)
You're hinting it should be /bin/sh for root, right?
Regards,
Niall
*** eval.c~ Mon May 10 16:10:16 1999
--- eval.c Mon Jul 12 18:27:44 1999
***************
*** 710,715 ****
--- 710,716 ----
&& ((flags & EV_EXIT) == 0 || Tflag))
|| ((flags & EV_BACKCMD) != 0
&& (cmdentry.cmdtype != CMDBUILTIN
+ || cmdentry.u.index == CDCMD
|| cmdentry.u.index == DOTCMD
|| cmdentry.u.index == EVALCMD))) {
jp = makejob(cmd, 1);
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