In article <1992Aug29.054016.28156@athena.mit.edu> tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o) writes:
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>I just recently upgraded to Linux 0.97 patchlevel 2, and after I did,
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>If you type the following at bash under 0.97 PL2:

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>unset SHLVL
>exec /bin/sh

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>The existing shell will core dump without managing to exec the prgram
>you ask it to exec.
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>This behavior can be duplicated using either the MCC 0.96c /bin/bash, or
>the /bin/bash on the 0.97 rootimage disk.

This problem disappears if you recompile bash under 0.97p2; at least it
does not exhibit itself with the bash supplied with MCC interim 0.97p2.

     -- Owen
     LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk