As a quick update, it does seem to be bash that crashes – see the following terminal session:
user@host:~$ sh $ cd /home/test/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/ä/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/ $ bash Segmentation fault (core dumped) $ At this point, no more terminal input is possible. ** Description changed: 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using: Ubuntu 17.10 - 2) The version of the package you are using: 3.24.2-0ubuntu4 + 2) The version of the package you are using: gnome-terminal version + 3.24.2-0ubuntu4; bash version 4.4-5ubuntu1 3) What you expected to happen: When opening a terminal window with a long working directory path containing Unicode characters (such as “/home/test/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/ä/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789” in a 80×24 window), gnome-terminal opens normally. 4) What happened instead: gnome-terminal closes immediately, both when opened using gnome-terminal --working-directory=/home/test/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/ä/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789 and when changing to this directory using “cd”. There is no output on stderr or anywhere else, the window just closes. - This makes it impossible to use gnome-terminal for many directories with - long paths. This did NOT happen in Ubuntu 16.04. + It seems that gnome-terminal closes because bash crashes with a + segmentation fault, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- + terminal/+bug/1745273/comments/4. + + This makes it impossible to use the shell for many directories with long + paths. This did NOT happen in Ubuntu 16.04. ** Also affects: bash (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - Cannot open gnome-terminal with long working directory name containing Unicode characters + Cannot open terminal with long working directory name containing Unicode characters -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745273 Title: Cannot open terminal with long working directory name containing Unicode characters To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1745273/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
