Eric Blake sent the following at Monday, September 29, 2014 5:29 PM >On 09/29/2014 03:23 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: >> Eric Blake (cygwin) sent the following at Saturday, September 27, 2014 2:14 >> AM >> >> Using the new version of bash, two scripts that I use have both started >> giving me >> the following error message(s). >> >> /usr/bin/bash: error importing function definition for `BASH_FUNC_make-log' >> /usr/bin/bash: error importing function definition for >> `BASH_FUNC_configure-log' >> /usr/bin/bash: error importing function definition for `BASH_FUNC_prt-alias' > >These functions contain '-' in their name; that's a limitation of >the downstream forked patch I applied early to get 4.1.13-6 out the >door. Upstream solved it in a nicer manner, so you can once again have >functions with '-' in the name. Please try again with the just-released >4.1.14-7.
I understand that to mean that 4.1.14-7 will be able to export functions with '-' in their names. >> I was able to get rid of this by commenting out the functions (make-log, >> configure-log, and prt-alias) and removing them from the list of functions >> being >> set and exported in ~/.bashrc. I rarely use these functions and would be >> unlikely >> to use them in a subshell so that works as a solution. > >Having the function wasn't the problem, it was exporting it. You can >still have the function even in 4.1.13-6, as long as you don't export >it. Changed to underscores. All is well. >> Another thing happening is that some scripts are now sometimes giving this >> error >> message, but only when the problem function exports are not being exported. >> >> Segmentation fault (core dumped) > >Umm, that's not good. Can you please come up with a minimal reproduction >formula? Which program is dumping core? Bash, or something else? Is it >due to trying to execute the function that was not imported? It wasn't reproducible, but a while after I sent my email various windows stopped responding, I couldn't close them, the machine wouldn't shut down, and ended up unplugging the machine so I could reboot. Let's assume that something unrelated to cygwin was going on. >> Any hints about what I should look for to make export of my bash shell >> functions >> reliable? > >Upgrading to the next version :) Will do! Thanks for all your help. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
