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  2. From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  4. Subject: Re: BUG with bash and Linux-0.97 pl 2
  5. Message-ID: <5725@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 29 Aug 92 12:49:26 GMT
  7. References: <1992Aug29.054016.28156@athena.mit.edu>
  8. Reply-To: LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
  9. Organization: Computing Centre, University of Manchester
  10. Lines: 19
  11.  
  12. In article <1992Aug29.054016.28156@athena.mit.edu> tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o) writes:
  13. >I just recently upgraded to Linux 0.97 patchlevel 2, and after I did,
  14. ...
  15. >If you type the following at bash under 0.97 PL2:
  16.  
  17. >unset SHLVL
  18. >exec /bin/sh
  19.  
  20. >The existing shell will core dump without managing to exec the prgram
  21. >you ask it to exec.
  22. ...
  23. >This behavior can be duplicated using either the MCC 0.96c /bin/bash, or
  24. >the /bin/bash on the 0.97 rootimage disk.
  25.  
  26. This problem disappears if you recompile bash under 0.97p2; at least it
  27. does not exhibit itself with the bash supplied with MCC interim 0.97p2.
  28.  
  29.      -- Owen
  30.      LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
  31.