a user reported this issue here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92349
if you enable the PGRP_PIPE option, this simple example will fail: $ ( exec 3>&1; : `echo>&3` ) bash: 3: Bad file descriptor disabling the PGRP_PIPE option and everything works as it should ... verified that Debian works (they dont enable the PGRP_PIPE option) and that Fedora fails (they enable the PGRP_PIPE option) the user also proposed a patch: http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=61460 figure i should forward the issue to people who are familiar with bash internals :) -mike _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash