Looking for a specific fix

[Jean Delvare]

Hi all,

There are a few changelog files seemingly related to bash on the web
with the following entry:

- change reset_job_indices to avoid infinite looping when js.j_firstj
== 0 or js.j_firstj == js.j_jobslots upon function entry. Fixes
bug reported by osi...@post.cz


For example in that file:
http://www.askapache.com/pub/bash/ChangeLog

I need to find the code change which corresponds to this fix. It seems
it happened between versions 3.2 and 4.0 of bash. However the git
repository doesn't seem to contain individual commits. I also couldn't
find the above entry in the CHANGES file of bash-4.0.

So I have a hard time figuring out if this corresponds to an actual fix
in bash. Can anyone shed some light on this, and ideally point me to the
code change if it exists somewhere?

Thanks,
--
Jean Delvare
Suse L3

[Jean Delvare]

Ah, that would be bash-3.2-patches/bash32-018. I didn't catch it because
the description is different but the code change matches. Sorry for the
noise.

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/28/13 12:27 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There are a few changelog files seemingly related to bash on the web
> with the following entry:
>
> - change reset_job_indices to avoid infinite looping when js.j_firstj
> == 0 or js.j_firstj == js.j_jobslots upon function entry. Fixes
> bug reported by osi...@post.cz
>
>
> For example in that file:
> http://www.askapache.com/pub/bash/ChangeLog
>
> I need to find the code change which corresponds to this fix.

Why, out of curiosity? What do you need to know?

Chet

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[Jean Delvare]

Hi Chet,

Le Tuesday 28 May 2013 à 15:31 -0400, Chet Ramey a écrit :
> On 5/28/13 12:27 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > There are a few changelog files seemingly related to bash on the web
> > with the following entry:
> >
> > - change reset_job_indices to avoid infinite looping when js.j_firstj
> > == 0 or js.j_firstj == js.j_jobslots upon function entry. Fixes
> > bug reported by osi...@post.cz
> >
> >
> > For example in that file:
> > http://www.askapache.com/pub/bash/ChangeLog
> >
> > I need to find the code change which corresponds to this fix.
>
> Why, out of curiosity? What do you need to know?

I need to fix that bug on an old product of ours which uses bash 3.1.

But it's OK, I found the fix (see my self-reply) and it applies fine on
top of bash 3.1.17 so I think I'm set.

Thanks,

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/28/13 3:51 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Chet,
>
> Le Tuesday 28 May 2013 à 15:31 -0400, Chet Ramey a écrit :
>> On 5/28/13 12:27 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> There are a few changelog files seemingly related to bash on the web
>>> with the following entry:
>>>
>>> - change reset_job_indices to avoid infinite looping when js.j_firstj
>>> == 0 or js.j_firstj == js.j_jobslots upon function entry. Fixes
>>> bug reported by osi...@post.cz
>>>
>>>
>>> For example in that file:
>>> http://www.askapache.com/pub/bash/ChangeLog
>>>
>>> I need to find the code change which corresponds to this fix.
>>
>> Why, out of curiosity? What do you need to know?
>
> I need to fix that bug on an old product of ours which uses bash 3.1.

OK, I saw your reply. I was just wondering whether you were running into
a specific problem.