BASH PATCH REPORT
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Bash-Release:	4.2
Patch-ID:	bash42-016

Bug-Reported-by:	Martin von Gagern <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID:	<[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-08/msg00141.html

Bug-Description:

Bash should not check for mail while executing the `eval' builtin.

Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):

*** ../bash-4.2-patched/parse.y	Fri Feb 25 12:07:41 2011
--- parse.y	Thu Aug 11 19:02:26 2011
***************
*** 2500,2504 ****
  	 is the mail alarm reset; nothing takes place in check_mail ()
  	 except the checking of mail.  Please don't change this. */
!       if (prompt_is_ps1 && time_to_check_mail ())
  	{
  	  check_mail ();
--- 2498,2502 ----
  	 is the mail alarm reset; nothing takes place in check_mail ()
  	 except the checking of mail.  Please don't change this. */
!       if (prompt_is_ps1 && parse_and_execute_level == 0 && time_to_check_mail ())
  	{
  	  check_mail ();
*** ../bash-4.2-patched/patchlevel.h	Sat Jun 12 20:14:48 2010
--- patchlevel.h	Thu Feb 24 21:41:34 2011
***************
*** 26,30 ****
     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
  
! #define PATCHLEVEL 15
  
  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
  
! #define PATCHLEVEL 16
  
  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */