bash spams "bad array subscript" with certain ^r/tab combinations
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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bash (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: bash
Under certain circumstances hitting the tab key during a bash history search using ctrl-r will result in an infinite loop of bash printing "bash: COMP_WORDS: bad array subscript"
Release information:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, both server and desktop.
To reproduce:
Enter on a command line:
dpkg --get-selection
Type control-r. Type dp. You'll see the previously entered command. Hit the tab key. The errors will begin printing.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: bash 4.1-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 9 17:50:13 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bash
Closing that outdated report as EOL has been reached long time ago