SRU: apply four upstream bug fixes in bash for 16.04 LTS

[Matthias Klose]

Proposing to apply the four upstream changes to the bash package for xenial, plus the addition to the PATH variable.

  * Apply upstream patches 043 - 046. Fixes:
    - When the lastpipe option is enabled, the last component can contain
      nested pipelines and cause a segmentation fault under
      certain circumstances.
    - A typo prevents the `compat42' shopt option from working as intended.
    - If a file open attempted as part of a redirection fails because it is
      interrupted by a signal, the shell needs to process any pending traps
      to allow the redirection to be canceled.
    - An incorrect conversion from an indexed to associative array can result
      in a core dump.
  * Add $HOME/.local/bin to PATH, and add the user's home directories
    unconditionally to the path, so that they are available without
    a new login. Closes: #820856, LP: #1588562.

The rationale for the PATH change is explained in LP: #1588562.

Verification: The package builds, passes it's tests, and for new users you'll find $HOME/.local/bin in PATH.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Matthias, or anyone else affected,

Accepted bash into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/4.3-14ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

the package built, and new users created after this update have the new directory in the PATH.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package bash - 4.3-14ubuntu1.1

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bash (4.3-14ubuntu1.1) xenial-proposed; urgency=medium

  * SRU: LP: #1595869.
  * Apply upstream patches 043 - 046. Fixes:
    - When the lastpipe option is enabled, the last component can contain
      nested pipelines and cause a segmentation fault under
      certain circumstances.
    - A typo prevents the `compat42' shopt option from working as intended.
    - If a file open attempted as part of a redirection fails because it is
      interrupted by a signal, the shell needs to process any pending traps
      to allow the redirection to be canceled.
    - An incorrect conversion from an indexed to associative array can result
      in a core dump.
  * Add $HOME/.local/bin to PATH, and add the user's home directories
    unconditionally to the path, so that they are available without
    a new login. Closes: #820856, LP: #1588562.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:20:17 +0200

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for bash has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.