Upstream says this is a build issue, and other Linux distributions agree, but Debian still isn't defining PGRP_PIPE. Is there a reason? This bug is now two years old; what will it take to get it fixed? I have attached an updated patch for 3.1. My bash sessions hang daily without it. Please apply, or at least let me know why this can't be fixed.
-jim
diff -urN bash-3.1/debian/patches/pgrp-pipe.dpatch bash-3.1-jim/debian/patches/pgrp-pipe.dpatch --- bash-3.1/debian/patches/pgrp-pipe.dpatch 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500 +++ bash-3.1-jim/debian/patches/pgrp-pipe.dpatch 2005-12-12 15:51:22.000000000 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +#! /bin/sh -e + +if [ $# -eq 3 -a "$2" = '-d' ]; then + pdir="-d $3" +elif [ $# -ne 1 ]; then + echo >&2 "`basename $0`: script expects -patch|-unpatch as argument" + exit 1 +fi +case "$1" in + -patch) patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -p0 < $0;; + -unpatch) patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -R -p0 < $0;; + *) + echo >&2 "`basename $0`: script expects -patch|-unpatch as argument" + exit 1 +esac +exit 0 + +# DP: Define PGRP_PIPE to avoid race condition. + +--- config-bot.h 2004-03-19 17:56:23.000000000 -0500 ++++ config-bot.h 2005-09-16 14:32:33.000000000 -0400 +@@ -179,3 +179,6 @@ + + /* If you don't want bash to provide a default mail file to check. */ + #undef DEFAULT_MAIL_DIRECTORY ++ ++/* Bug #224543 */ ++#define PGRP_PIPE 1 + diff -urN bash-3.1/debian/rules bash-3.1-jim/debian/rules --- bash-3.1/debian/rules 2005-12-12 15:51:59.000000000 -0500 +++ bash-3.1-jim/debian/rules 2005-12-12 15:51:36.000000000 -0500 @@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ command-not-found \ bash-default-editor \ bash-minimal \ + pgrp-pipe \ # all debian_patches, without bash205b-* # patches integrated in bashdb: builtins-shift, execute-cmd, man-arithmetic,
