BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.1 Patch-ID: bash41-009 Bug-Reported-by: Tomas Trnka Bug-Reference-ID: <201003242030.02166.tomastrnka@gmx.com> Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2010-03/msg00090.html Bug-Description: An arriving SIGCHLD will interrupt `slow' system calls such as write(2) to or read(2) from a terminal. This results in an error message and truncated input or output. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): *** ../bash-4.1-patched/sig.c Fri Aug 14 16:31:52 2009 --- sig.c Fri Mar 26 22:34:11 2010 *************** *** 655,660 **** --- 655,663 ---- act.sa_flags |= SA_INTERRUPT; /* XXX */ else act.sa_flags |= SA_RESTART; /* XXX */ + #else + if (sig == SIGCHLD) + act.sa_flags |= SA_RESTART; #endif sigemptyset (&act.sa_mask); sigemptyset (&oact.sa_mask); *** ../bash-4.1-patched/patchlevel.h 2009-10-01 16:39:22.000000000 -0400 --- patchlevel.h 2010-01-14 09:38:08.000000000 -0500 *************** *** 26,30 **** looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 8 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 9 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */