Package: bash Version: 3.0-15 Severity: normal Hey,
Firstly thank your hard work as a maintainer. Currently the bash manpage refers to /dev/tcp and /dev/udp as valid 'fd's. Debian's bash is compiled with --disable-net-redirections, so these files do not work. I am aware that there is ongoing discussion about this in bug #146464. However, in the mean time the man page needs updating to reflect the current state. Below the /dev/tcp/host/port and /dev/udp/host/port descriptions, how about adding: "NOTE: Bash, as packaged for Debian, does not support using the /dev/tcp and /dev/udp files." (in bold) Many thanks, Stu. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.10 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8) Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 3.1.4 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii passwd 1:4.0.3-35 change and administer password and -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
