Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 08:08:13 -0700 (PDT) From: ulrich <ulrich@infopuls.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: gnu/31165: bash core dumps if a function called by PROMPT_COMMAND generates an error Message-ID: <200110091508.f99F8DP06881@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 31165
>Category: gnu
>Synopsis: bash core dumps if a function called by PROMPT_COMMAND generates an error
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 09 08:10:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: ulrich
>Release: 4.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD mozart.infopuls.com 4.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #0: Fri Sep 8 02:29:03 CEST 2000 root@fbsdi1.infopuls.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/FBSD i386
>Description:
If a shell function which is called by PROMPT_COMMAND returns a
non-numeric value and generates an error message bush produces a core dump.
>How-To-Repeat:
put the following statements into a script test.bash:
function showdate(){ return `date -j "+%a%Y-%b-%d"`; }
showdate
PROMPT_COMMAND=test_prompt_command.bash
With the next prompt invocation the error message appears and the
message about the core dump that is to be produced
>Fix:
:-(
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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