Package: bash Version: 3.2-4 Severity: normal -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
Hi, not sure what package this bug should be filed against, but I’m starting here. bash provides the process substition feature that allows you to write, for example $ diff <(echo hi) <(echo ho) 1c1 < hi - --- > ho According to the docs, this works on systems with /dev/fd support or named pipes (FIFOs). This should include every Debian system. But depending on how you install your system, /dev/fd might be missing. Especially after a basic installation with debootstrap, and without installing udev, this directory is not present. A work-around that I picked up somewhere is # ln -s /proc/self/fd /dev/fd A proper solution could be one of: * Give a proper error message about missing /dev/fd if <(..) is used, telling the user to run the command mentioned above. * Fix debootstrap, if it is clear that /dev/fd should be present on every system. (But this would not help already installed systems) * Change bash to use /proc/self/fd instead (as this seems to work). * Use a temporary FIFO file when /dev/fd is not present, as described in the manpage. Thanks, Joachim - -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 5 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii debianutils 2.30 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20081220-1 shared libraries for terminal hand Versions of packages bash recommends: ii bash-completion 20080705 programmable completion for the ba Versions of packages bash suggests: pn bash-doc <none> (no description available) - -- no debconf information -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklmHVcACgkQ9ijrk0dDIGwydQCgzoWxnlb4x+ZqJEMxMPDHBvBx jV4An35eyYudlc0hi87CpNaUaKUPb3ml =HdA3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
