Package: bash Version: 4.1-1 Severity: minor
In the Bash documentation on ulimit, it says this: > ulimit [-HSTabcdefilmnpqrstuvx [limit]] > Provides control over the resources available to the shell and > to processes started by it, on systems that allow such control. > ... > -d The maximum size of a process's data segment > ... > -s The maximum stack size > ... > -v The maximum amount of virtual memory available to the > shell Now, the problem is that for the "-v" flag, it specifies that it affects only the shell. This is made stronger by the contrast with the two related flags, "-d" and "-s" which (according to the text on the top) apply both to the shell and to processes started by the shell. Now, in reality, the -v flag also affects processes started by the shell, as you can see below: $ echo $$ 29307 $ ulimit -Sv 100000 $ ulimit -v 100000 $ bash $ # We are now in a sub-shell, another process started by the first. $ # Note the different PID number $ echo $$ 29335 $ # Now we check the ulimit of the sub-process $ ulimit -v 100000 $ man bash So, please delete the words " available to the shell" from the bash manpage. They are incorrect. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 5.0.0 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii dash 0.5.5.1-3 POSIX-compliant shell ii debianutils 3.2.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand Versions of packages bash recommends: ii bash-completion 1:1.1-3 programmable completion for the ba Versions of packages bash suggests: pn bash-doc <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
