1 			     BASH PATCH REPORT

     2 			     =================

     3 

     4 Bash-Release:	4.2

     5 Patch-ID:	bash42-017

     6 

     7 Bug-Reported-by:	Curtis Doty <[email protected]>

     8 Bug-Reference-ID:	<[email protected]>

     9 Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-06/msg00053.html

    10 

    11 Bug-Description:

    12 

    13 Using `read -a foo' where foo was an already-declared associative array

    14 caused the shell to die with a segmentation fault.

    15 

    16 Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):

    17 

    18 *** ../bash-4.2-patched/builtins/read.def	2011-01-04 11:43:36.000000000 -0500

    19 --- builtins/read.def	2011-06-21 10:31:02.000000000 -0400

    20 ***************

    21 *** 643,646 ****

    22 --- 642,651 ----

    23   	  return EXECUTION_FAILURE;	/* readonly or noassign */

    24   	}

    25 +       if (assoc_p (var))

    26 + 	{

    27 +           builtin_error (_("%s: cannot convert associative to indexed array"), arrayname);

    28 + 	  xfree (input_string);

    29 + 	  return EXECUTION_FAILURE;	/* existing associative array */

    30 + 	}

    31         array_flush (array_cell (var));

    32   

    33 *** ../bash-4.2-patched/patchlevel.h	Sat Jun 12 20:14:48 2010

    34 --- patchlevel.h	Thu Feb 24 21:41:34 2011

    35 ***************

    36 *** 26,30 ****

    37      looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

    38   

    39 ! #define PATCHLEVEL 16

    40   

    41   #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */

    42 --- 26,30 ----

    43      looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

    44   

    45 ! #define PATCHLEVEL 17

    46   

    47   #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */