Thank you for a quick fix. Bash 5.2.21 with the patch applied no longer
exhibits the problem in my tests.
-Mark
On Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 06:05:28 AM PDT, Chet Ramey
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 6/18/24 4:55 PM, Mark March wrote:
> I am working with a large Bash code base where most scripts disable job
> control and the DEBUG trap is used extensively. I noticed that if I tried to
> run my scripts in the background, the interactive shell that started them
> would immediately exit on any keyboard input. A simple repro is to run
>
> bash +m -c "/bin/echo ; trap 'trap DEBUG' DEBUG ; sleep 10" &
> in an interactive shell with job control enabled. Hit Enter a few times. The
> shell that launched this background process exits. The background process
> itself appears to be killed by a signal.
Thanks for the report. The attached patch should fix your issue, though
there might be some corner cases. Let me know.
Chet
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