RE: Bash returns incorrect process status

["Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre dot Humblet at ieee dot org>]

Attached is a "simpler & better" patch to bash, replacing
the one in
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00882.html>

It's simpler because it slightly changes how bash works to
prevent the pid reuse problem, instead of adding a layer to
fix it. It's better because it also fixes the bug reported
in <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg01503.html>
and some other potential issues.

To build bash, follow the following steps:

Download the bash source package, using setup, and put
the attached pids3.diff file under /usr/src/bash-2.05b
$ cd /usr/src
$ ./bash-2.05b-16.sh prep
$ cd bash-2.05b
$ patch < pids3.diff
$ cd ..
$ ./bash-2.05b-16.sh conf
$ ./bash-2.05b-16.sh build
This produces /usr/src/bash-2.05b/.build/bash.exe,
which you can copy to /bin, preferably after having saved
the original bash.

Pierre

Note: This patch does not modify configure. If you have
applied the previous patch, make sure to run prep again.

Attachment: pids3.diff
Description: Text document

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