On Sat, 9 Oct 2010, Gerard Seibert wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 16:51:36 -0400 Fletcher Johnson <[email protected]> articulated:Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i486 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i486' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i486-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib -g -O2 -Wall uname output: Linux kiwi 2.6.31-22-generic #65-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 15:48:58 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Machine Type: i486-pc-linux-gnu Bash Version: 4.0 Patch Level: 33 Release Status: release Description: Typing the following in the shell produces... fletc...@kiwi:~$ cd '\ malloc: unknown:0: assertion botched free: start and end chunk sizes differ Aborting... Repeat-By: typing cd '\ or ls "\ will reproduce the above bugUsing: GNU bash, version 4.1.7(2)-release (amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) does not seem to produce that error.
Nor does 4.0.28(2)-release on Mandriva 2009.1. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
