All I have installed else is dash: 4 successes 0 failures. SC> perl -e '$<=$>=$(=$)=65534; exec sh' That gets a shell without triggering the error. SC> perl -e '$<=$>=$(=$)=65534; system sh' That filled emacs with \377's with luckily a little CPU left over that I could kill emacs... * SC> Not sure how what bash_completion does could have an impact on su. I observed the bug with and without the bash-completion package installed. # lsof -p $$|wc -l 18 pstree shows no processes running left behind. I observe the bug with both mesg y and n SC> running out of ideas here... Me too so I hereby wait for Sven to chime in with what else he sees.
*This side issue only happened in emacs's shell, (and not with LC_ALL=C, but yes with my zh locale) and is one of the reasons I now use a different HISTORY file there... piped thru cat -v. # sleep 22 && kill -1 $$& #Safety first, also makes the \377s go away. [1] 16017 # perl -we '$<=$>=$(=$)=65534;system q(sh)' 05:40 ~$ Use "exit" to leave the shell. 05:40 ~$ sh: syntax error near unexpected token `(' 05:40 258 ~$ sh:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: command not found 05:40 127 ~$ sh: syntax error near unexpected token `(' Anyway, no I don't believe in UFOs. Never mind this side issue. Bye.