On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Chet Ramey <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8/4/16 5:04 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the report. I took a quick look at this, and it's not
> disabling
> > job control that does it: it's disabling both job control and nls.
> > Disabling either one while leaving the other enabled doesn't produce
> this
> > error (which only happens in the case where you run a script with the
> > execute bit set without a #! line after running an executable that
> causes
> > the shell to call waitpid()). It's a strange set of circumstances.
> > I'll see what I can find.
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Chet. FYI, I tried building for the research kernel with NLS
> > enabled and am still seeing the problem.
>
> It turns out that the set of circumstances I listed above is essential,
> and order-specific. I tested in a slightly different order when I built
> a version without nls and job control, and that was the sequence that
> triggers the bug. It's very specific.
>
> Anyway, I fixed it and the fix will be in the next release. If you
> want to move forward, you can apply the attached workaround, which is not
> the change I made in the current development version.
This is wonderful; thank you very much!
- Dan C.
