bash -c error

[Krzysztof Duleba]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

>>$ bash -c time
>>Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>
>>$ uname -a
>>CYGWIN_NT-5.1 DULI2 1.5.19s(0.141/4/2) 20051020 10:37:08 i686 unknown
>>unknown Cygwin
>>
>>Reproduced on several machines. I wonder what can it be.
>
> Just try running 'time' from the bash prompt.  You get a SEGV from 
> strlen
> AFAICT.

No, I don't. But I do get a strange behaviour with

time for ((i=0;i<=100++)) do :; done

Now bash window simply disappears.

Anyway, I tried it on several Linux boxes with the same results. Google 
confirms that the problem is not Cygwin specific and it was first reported 
3 months ago (no patches yet AFAICT).

Krzysztof Duleba 




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