BASH PATCH REPORT
=================
Bash-Release: 5.1
Patch-ID: bash51-008
Bug-Reported-by: Michael Felt <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID: <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-URL:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2021-03/msg00028.html
Bug-Description:
Process substitution FIFOs opened by child processes as targets of redirections
were not removed appropriately, leaving remnants in the file system.
Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
*** ../bash-5.1-patched/execute_cmd.c 2020-10-12 10:16:13.000000000 -0400
--- execute_cmd.c 2021-05-04 11:12:39.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 5557,5565 ****
/* Try to remove named pipes that may have been created as the
result of redirections. */
! unlink_fifo_list ();
#endif /* PROCESS_SUBSTITUTION */
exit (EXECUTION_FAILURE);
}
if (async)
interactive = old_interactive;
--- 5557,5571 ----
/* Try to remove named pipes that may have been created as the
result of redirections. */
! unlink_all_fifos ();
#endif /* PROCESS_SUBSTITUTION */
exit (EXECUTION_FAILURE);
}
+ #if defined (PROCESS_SUBSTITUTION) && !defined (HAVE_DEV_FD)
+ /* This should only contain FIFOs created as part of redirection
+ expansion. */
+ unlink_all_fifos ();
+ #endif
+
if (async)
interactive = old_interactive;
*** ../bash-5.1/patchlevel.h 2020-06-22 14:51:03.000000000 -0400
--- patchlevel.h 2020-10-01 11:01:28.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 26,30 ****
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 7
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 8
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU [email protected] http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/