This bug was fixed in the package bash - 4.3-8ubuntu1
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bash (4.3-8ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=medium
* Merge with Debian; remaining changes:
bash (4.3-8) unstable; urgency=medium
* Apply upstream patches 012 - 022, fixing the issues:
- When a SIGCHLD trap runs a command
** Branch linked: lp:debian/bash
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Title:
read builtin does not timeout when using readline for input
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** Description changed:
- As of 12.04 the read builtin seemingly ignores -t if -e is provided.
+ As of 14.04 the read builtin seemingly ignores -t if -e is provided.
+
+ In 13.10,
+
+ $ time read -t2 -e -p ?
+ ?
+ real 0m2.000s
+ user 0m0.000s
+ sys 0m0.000s
+
+ In 14.04,
+
+ $ time
