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
uname output: Linux sasaka.net 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 17 21:50:19 UTC
2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.1
Patch Level: 5
Release Status: release
Description:
It seems that there is memory leak in brace expansion. The memory used by
bash interpreter gets larger and larger when running this script:
#!/bin/bash
foo=bar.txt
while true
do
echo ${foo##*.}
done
However, the program works fine should the brace expansion be changed to
${foo}. So, the cause of the leak must be at the ${foo##*.}
Repeat-By:
Run this script:
#!/bin/bash
foo=bar.txt
while true
do
echo ${foo##*.}
done
