Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin' -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/usr/bin' -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash.bashrc' -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash.bash_logout' -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS uname output: Linux t420 5.15.35-1-lts #1 SMP Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:49:16 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 5.1 Patch Level: 16 Release Status: release Description: Bash does not run `EXIT' traps if the last command is the kill builtin kills that kills the shell. Maybe because of some incorrect optimisation? Repeat-By: bash-5.1$ bash -c 'trap echo\ x EXIT; kill "$$"' Terminated bash-5.1$ bash -c 'trap echo\ x EXIT; { kill "$$" ;}' Terminated bash-5.1$ bash -c 'x () { trap echo\ x EXIT; kill "$$"; }; x' Terminated bash-5.1$ bash -c 'trap echo\ x EXIT; echo a; kill "$$"' a Terminated bash-5.1$ bash -c 'trap echo\ x EXIT; kill "$$"; :' x Terminated bash-5.1$ bash -c 'trap echo\ x EXIT; /bin/kill "$$"' x Terminated bash-5.1$ bash -c 'x () { trap echo\ x EXIT; kill "$$"; }; x; :' x Terminated I have been able to reproduce this bug in bash5, bash4, and bash3. The EXIT trap is run correctly in bash2.