bash 2.05 broken -i flag

Jason Tishler Jason.Tishler@dothill.com
Mon Apr 30 12:10:00 GMT 2001


Corrina,

On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 07:15:29PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 10:39:58AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> > Invoking bash 2.05-2 with the "-i" option does not seem to cause problems:
> > 
> >     $ bash -i
> >     $ vi
> >     $
> > 
> > But, if the first line of a shell script contains "-i" then bad things
> > happen:
> > 
> > [snip]
> 
> Just to let you know, I have sent a note to Chet Ramey since I have
> no clue why that happens. Hope to get an answer or patch soon.

Thank you *very* much for the status update -- I was starting to wonder
that it must be user error, bad setup, etc.  I will patiently continue
to use 2.04-7a until there is a resolution.

Thanks,
Jason

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