What did you do to reproduce this segfault? Secondly, the original syntax used with the test command is perfectly valid in POSIX shell. Its even present in some of the system's important init scripts. I even just tested this in a script myself.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269731 Title: init crashed with SIGSEGV Status in “alsa-utils” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: $ telinit U ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: upstart 1.11-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-8.16-generic 3.12.6 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jan 16 08:03:58 2014 ExecutablePath: /sbin/init ExecutableTimestamp: 1384521990 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-22 (389 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) ProcCmdline: /sbin/init ProcCwd: / ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.12.0-8-generic root=UUID=8905185c-9d82-498c-970c-6fdb9ee07c45 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7f1191eb98d9: mov 0x20(%rax),%rsi PC (0x7f1191eb98d9) ok source "0x20(%rax)" (0x00000020) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%rsi" ok SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: upstart StacktraceTop: ?? () ?? () ?? () ?? () ?? () Title: init crashed with SIGSEGV UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-06-19 (210 days ago) UpstartBugCategory: System UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.11) UserGroups: _LogindSession: / _MarkForUpload: True modified.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.networks.default.xml: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2013-12-11T09:58:09.227262 mtime.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: 2013-12-19T16:30:43.528594 mtime.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.networks.default.xml: 2013-06-29T21:43:59.656854 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/1269731/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
