Subject: bin/8377: Problem with pdksh, ^Z, and backquotes
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Charles M. Hannum <root@ihack.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/11/1999 10:35:42
>Number:         8377
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Problem with pdksh, ^Z, and backquotes
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 11 10:35:00 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Charles M. Hannum
>Organization:
        Internetwork Hacker
>Release:        -current as of 19990817
>Environment:
        n/a


>Description:
	pdksh can become wedged when ^Z is typed while executing a backquote
	expression interactively.

>How-To-Repeat:
        $ sleep 600 `jot 1000000`

	Type ^Z while jot(1) is running.  jot(1) will be suspended.  ksh will
	now ignore ^C.  The only way I found to wake it up was to `kill -9'
	the jot(1).

>Fix:
        None supplied.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: