From: A. V. Le Blanc (zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk)
Date: 08/29/92


From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
Subject: Re: BUG with bash and Linux-0.97 pl 2
Date: 29 Aug 1992 12:49:26 GMT

In article <1992Aug29.054016.28156@athena.mit.edu> tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o) writes:
>I just recently upgraded to Linux 0.97 patchlevel 2, and after I did,
...
>If you type the following at bash under 0.97 PL2:

>unset SHLVL
>exec /bin/sh

>The existing shell will core dump without managing to exec the prgram
>you ask it to exec.
...
>This behavior can be duplicated using either the MCC 0.96c /bin/bash, or
>the /bin/bash on the 0.97 rootimage disk.

This problem disappears if you recompile bash under 0.97p2; at least it
does not exhibit itself with the bash supplied with MCC interim 0.97p2.

     -- Owen
     LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk