Assignment to RO variable

So this behavior of `bash`s seems like a bug to me. I stumbled across it by accident. >From within a stack of x3 functions called from a case within a for loop, when trying to assign a value to a read-only variable, `printf` and `read` both fail with exit codes of 1, and the functions, `case` and

A few suggestions for the GNU Manual

Hi, Regarding the "Invoking Bash" page, https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Invoking-Bash.html It might be more consistent and therefore perhaps more clear for all of the newbies out there if the description of "--restricted" also began with "Equivalent to -r," as the very next des

git amend commit with backticks on cli causes tty to crash

Hi, I'm seeing this behavior on Fedora 38. Possibly it's just some user error again, since i'm figuring out how to use vim and git at a slightly above novice level. :-) #+++ $ uname -a Linux localhost-live 6.3.7-200.fc38.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jun 9 15:21:11 U

'${#@}' expands to an integer

Here's some code as observed "in the wild:" `[[ ${#@} -ne 0 ]] && ...` Perhaps the parser is reading this as an incomplete parameter transformation? It seems from context that the original intent was simply... `[[ $# -ne 0 ]] && ...` As it happens, the effect appears to be the same either w

Re: Help fixing NativeMessaging host: read 32-bit message

> It is politics. All human activity is political in nature. Writing for portability is about building a widget that will appeal to a larger group of customers. Thanks for your thoughts. Wiley

Stdout from arg group of Debug trap redefines PS4

Hi, [liveuser@localhost-live scf]$ reset; ./findscan rm_stale foo bar -ab /tmp |& cat -n Beginning at line 217 of `cat`s numbering of this xtrace output log, the read prompt from the Debug trap prints some info for a few lines, and then one line before #218, the PS4 prompt is displayed again, if

xmalloc error involving functrace, int trap and ps4

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASS

`verb=(--) declare -ax verb` causes an ENOTSOCK segfault

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASS

double free SIGSEGV and SELinux AVC denial

Attachments: SELinux is preventing false from read access on the fifo_file fifo_file. * Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests ** If you believe that false should be allowed read access on the fifo_file fifo_file by default. Then you should report this as a bug.

double free SIGSEGV and SELinux AVC denial

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASS

Segfault, 29 May '23

Hi, While trying to capture line numbers in an array to print with the rest of the shell's debugging info, a segfault .. Wiley [liveuser@localhost-live]$ bash ... $ set -x + set -x $ echo $SHLVL + echo 2 2 $ declare -n n=BASH_SOURCE; declare -n e=LINENO; shopt -s expand_aliases + d

Error message: cannot find _struct in shared object

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASS

With DEBUG trap, resizing window crashes script

From: liveuser To: bug-bash@gnu.org Subject: With DEBUG trap, resizing window crashes script Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -

'mapfile -O1 array' breaks '[[ -v array ]]'

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-g> uname output: Linux localhost-live 6.0.7-301.fc37.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC> Machine Type: x86_64-redh