On 2010-08-24 15:59 , Chet Ramey wrote: > Well, if they cause bash to crash, I suppose removing that code (or > removing the #define) is a good place to start. > > That code has been there for a very long time. Maybe if you changed it > to turn on the FD_CLOEXEC bit instead of closing the fd we could solve > the problem. There is a SET_CLOSE_ON_EXEC(fd) macro you can use to do > that.
I now applied a patch locally which replaces close() with SET_CLOSE_ONEXEC(). Resolves the problem for me and is probably a better solution than removing the code completely. Thanks, Rainer
