Package: bash
Version: 3.0-15
Severity: important

The following commands: 

 export PROMPT_COMMAND='A=$(pwd)'
 export PS1='$A>'
 xclock &
 cd -P
 
hangs the shell until xclock is closed.

This behaviour is new and does not appear on previous versions of bash.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii  base-files              3.1.2            Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii  libc6                   2.3.2.ds1-21     GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5             5.4-6            Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  passwd                  1:4.0.3-31sarge2 change and administer password and

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