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From: ccdn@PISA.sait.oz.au (David Newall)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: EOF bug in bash-1.02
Message-ID: <9001180429.AA05543@PISA.sait.oz>
Date: 18 Jan 90 20:58:57 GMT
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DESCRIPTION:
	Bash core dumps when EOF (Control/D) is entered

REPEAT BY:
	bash$ ^D

FIX:
	Apply the following patch

*** parse.y	Thu Jan 18 14:56:33 1990
--- parse.y.orig	Thu Jan 18 15:03:12 1990
***************
*** 428,434 ****
  	current_readline_line = readline ("");
        else
  	current_readline_line = readline (current_readline_prompt);
-       if (current_readline_line == (char *) EOF) return(EOF);
  
        current_readline_line_index = 0;
        current_readline_line =
--- 428,433 ----


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