Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib -g -O2 -Wall Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.1 Patch Level: 5 Release Status: release Description: echo "${HOME#$*/}" segfaults Here's a stack trace from a -g -O0 build of bash 4.1 $ echo "${HOME#$*/}" Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0000000000454ef1 in quote_string (string=0x0) at subst.c:3490 3490 if (*string == 0) (gdb) where #0 0x0000000000454ef1 in quote_string (string=0x0) at subst.c:3490 #1 0x000000000045c85b in param_expand (string=0x715c68 "$*/", sindex=0x7fffffffdb64, quoted=8, expanded_something=0x0, contains_dollar_at=0x7fffffffdb54, quoted_dollar_at_p=0x7fffffffdb60, had_quoted_null_p=0x7fffffffdb58, pflags=0) at subst.c:7228 #2 0x000000000045d93d in expand_word_internal (word=0x7fffffffdc10, quoted=8, isexp=1, contains_dollar_at=0x0, expanded_something=0x0) at subst.c:7802 #3 0x000000000045450b in call_expand_word_internal (w=0x7fffffffdc10, q=8, i=1, c=0x0, e=0x0) at subst.c:3129 #4 0x00000000004549fd in expand_string_for_rhs (string=0x715c68 "$*/", quoted=8, dollar_at_p=0x0, has_dollar_at=0x0) at subst.c:3315 #5 0x000000000045694f in getpattern (value=0x715c68 "$*/", quoted=1, expandpat=1) at subst.c:4277 #6 0x0000000000456d41 in parameter_brace_remove_pattern (varname=0x75f0a8 "HOME", value=0xa23388 "\001/\001h\001o\001m\001e\001/\001r\001o\001c\001h\001b\001e\001r\001g", patstr=0x773f58 "$*/", rtype=35, quoted=1) at subst.c:4411 #7 0x000000000045c298 in parameter_brace_expand (string=0x757888 "${HOME#$*/}", indexp=0x7fffffffde6c, quoted=1, pflags=0, quoted_dollar_atp=0x7fffffffdfa0, contains_dollar_at=0x7fffffffdf94) at subst.c:6990 #8 0x000000000045c99f in param_expand (string=0x757888 "${HOME#$*/}", sindex=0x7fffffffdfa4, quoted=1, expanded_something=0x0, contains_dollar_at=0x7fffffffdf94, quoted_dollar_at_p=0x7fffffffdfa0, had_quoted_null_p=0x7fffffffdf98, pflags=0) at subst.c:7314 #9 0x000000000045d93d in expand_word_internal (word=0xa202a8, quoted=1, isexp=0, contains_dollar_at=0x7fffffffe0d4, expanded_something=0x0) at subst.c:7802 #10 0x000000000045dfc5 in expand_word_internal (word=0xa8b948, quoted=0, isexp=0, contains_dollar_at=0x7fffffffe168, expanded_something=0x7fffffffe16c) at subst.c:7933 #11 0x000000000045f725 in shell_expand_word_list (tlist=0xa84f48, eflags=31) at subst.c:8893 #12 0x000000000045f9df in expand_word_list_internal (list=0x9eda48, eflags=31) at subst.c:9010 #13 0x000000000045f04a in expand_words (list=0x9eda48) at subst.c:8632 #14 0x000000000043ad49 in execute_simple_command (simple_command=0x71fd88, pipe_in=-1, pipe_out=-1, async=0, fds_to_close=0x764d08) at execute_cmd.c:3645 #15 0x0000000000435a49 in execute_command_internal (command=0xa23108, asynchronous=0, pipe_in=-1, pipe_out=-1, fds_to_close=0x764d08) at execute_cmd.c:730 #16 0x0000000000435221 in execute_command (command=0xa23108) at execute_cmd.c:375 #17 0x0000000000421d75 in reader_loop () at eval.c:152 #18 0x000000000041fbed in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe4a8, env=0x7fffffffe4b8) at shell.c:749