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Re: Bash 5.2.0: Memory leak with $(<file)
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pourko |
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Re: Bash 5.2.0: Memory leak with $(<file) |
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Sun, 7 Jan 2024 07:17:31 +0100 (CET) |
Jan 6, 2024, 23:59 by grishalevit@gmail.com:
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> On Sun, Jan 7, 2024, 00:26 pourko--- via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again
> SHell <> bug-bash@gnu.org> > wrote:
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>> For demonstration, put a $(<file) construct inside a loop, and the leak
>> becomes very noticeable:
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>> The bug is not present in bashes before 5.2.0.
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> I believe this is fixed in (yet unreleased) Bash 5.3. See report [1] applied
> in [2].
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> [1]: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2023-06/msg00045.html
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> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/diff/builtins/evalstring.c?h=devel&id=81f7b44564cd1510788035cea7c59631865a7db2&dt=1#n766
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Could we maybe get a patch for the 5.2 series?
It's unclear when stable distros will start shipping with 5.3, and reverting to
5.1 is not a pleasant alternative.
Re: Bash 5.2.0: Memory leak with $(<file), Chet Ramey, 2024/01/08
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