Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: powerpc
OS: aix5.2.0.0 Compiler: cc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='powerpc' -DCONF_OSTYPE='a ix5.2.0.0' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0' -DCONF_VENDOR='ibm' -DLOCALE DIR='/usr/local/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. - I. -I./include -I./lib -I./lib/intl -I/home/s0998jbp/bash-3.2/lib/intl -g uname output: AIX dev52 2 5 0003227A4C00 Machine Type: powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0 Bash Version: 3.2 Patch Level: 9 Release Status: release Description: The bug fix description in the CHANGES file going from bash-3.2-alpha to bash-3.2-beta. Specifically, the fix 1.b "Fixed a bug in command printing to avoid confusion between redirections and process substitution.", could be expanded to include fixed the passing of exported functions that use redirection followed by process substitution. I'm presuming that this fix also fix the issue that I was having. Repeat-By: In Bash 3.1, the following fragment would cause the failure (requires two programs and a text file): Program "./test_func": #!/usr/local/bin/bash function test_func { while read in_line; do echo $in_line if [[ $in_line == exit ]]; then break; fi done < <(tail -f /tmp/testfile) }; typeset -fx test_func echo "test_func..." test_func ./test_prog exit 0 Program "./test_prog": #!/usr/local/bin/bash echo "test_prog..." exit 0 Touch "/tmp/testfile". Run the "./test_func" program. Echo stuff into "/tmp/testfile" (append to file, ">>") and it will appear on the stdout of the "./test_func" program (proves test_func() works okay). Echo the word "exit" to "/tmp/testfile" and the "./test_prog" program will be invoked. "./test_prog" will fail with the following message: /usr/local/bin/bash: test_func: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `(' /usr/local/bin/bash: test_func: line 5: ` done <<(tail -f /tmp/testfile)' /usr/local/bin/bash: error importing function definition for `test_func' Note the lack of space between the redirection character "<" and the process substitution construct "<(". Fix: Already fixed in 3.2, but the description in the changes file could be updated to cover this case as well as the described problem. _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash