On 3/20/12 12:37 PM, Jurij Mihelič wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i686
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -DC$
> uname output: Linux lalgec 3.0.0-16-generic-pae #29-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 14
> 13:56:31 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 10
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Hi. I think there is a bug when using $RANDOM in combination with here
> document or here string. When using here-doc/str one random number is
> consumed for generating filename for temporary file used in the redirection.
> Probably the bug also shows up always when temporay files are created with
> sh_mktmpfd().
Thanks for the report. This will be fixed, one way or another, in the
next release of bash.
Chet
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