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
-fexceptions -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wformat -Werror=format-security
-fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -fno-omit-frame-pointer
-mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer -g
-ffile-prefix-map=/build/bash/src=/usr/src/debug/bash -flto=auto
-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
-std=gnu17
uname output: Linux tesla 6.18.2-arch2-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 18 Dec
2025 18:00:18 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 5.3
Patch Level: 9
Release Status: release
Description:
When running the built-in time command in bash, I got the
following output:
real 0m5.215s
user 0m28.:00s
sys 0m0.961s
The colon symbol in `0m28.:00s' seems out of place. It might be
some kind of an overflow error because ':' == '9' + 1. I have
tried investigating a bit and this line seems quite suspicious:
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/tree/execute_cmd.c?h=devel#n1358
Repeat-By:
On my (slow) machine, the problem can be repeated by running:
$ time sleep .996
Most of the time, the result is:
real 0m0.:00s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.004s
Running it on a different machine might need some adjustment of
the sleep amount.
