BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 3.2 Patch-ID: bash32-036 Bug-Reported-by: Len Lattanzi Bug-Reference-ID: <87493131-7AEC-4301-A684-E6CC6D06E3E1@apple.com> Bug-Reference-URL: Bug-Description: When initializing a subshell, bash did not reset a sentinel keeping track of the number of command substitutions, leading to an infinite loop if an error was encountered in the subshell. Patch: *** ../bash-3.2-patched/execute_cmd.c 2007-12-13 22:31:14.000000000 -0500 --- execute_cmd.c 2007-12-20 08:52:34.000000000 -0500 *************** *** 3881,3884 **** --- 3916,3921 ---- clear_unwind_protect_list (0); + /* XXX -- are there other things we should be resetting here? */ + parse_and_execute_level = 0; /* nothing left to restore it */ /* We're no longer inside a shell function. */ *** ../bash-3.2/patchlevel.h Thu Apr 13 08:31:04 2006 --- patchlevel.h Mon Oct 16 14:22:54 2006 *************** *** 26,30 **** looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 35 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 36 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */