Re: CVS commit: [netbsd-2-0] src/bin/sh

[David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 06:28:27PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:14:37PM +0000, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> > 
> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       tron
> > Date:               Sun Aug 22 14:14:37 UTC 2004
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     src/bin/sh [netbsd-2-0]: redir.c
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > Pull up revision 1.29 (requested by chs in ticket #777):
> > PR/25699: David Laight: sh(1) hangs opening a named pipe as stdin for
> > background process
> 
> Hummm, I didn't raise this, I'm not sure exactly why Christos mentioned
> my name - possibly we had a private discussion about the problem.
> 
> IIRC Christos was actually thinking of reverting the 'fix' because
> it is rather nasty and has other side effects.

I filed that PR.  PR/25699 represents a serious sh(1) regression, so if
Christos' fix is reverted, there has to be a new fix.

Dave

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