I cc'd my info to both lists, this is one reply that I got
back from the bash people

In-Reply-To: Message from dgilbert@pci.on.ca of Tue, 12 Sep 1995 14:52:48 -0400 (id <9509121852.AA04493@durga.pci.on.ca>)
Message-ID: <9509131410.AA17729.SM@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu>
From: Chet Ramey <chet@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu>
Subject: Re: Bash-1.14.5 crashes in not too uncommon cd command.
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 10:10:45 -0400

> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: sun4
> OS: NetBSD
> Compiler: gcc
> 
> Description:
> 	A core dump with the following backtrace is produced by internal-cd
> 
> Program terminated with signal 10, Bus error.
> #0  0x5d168 in _catclose ()
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x5d168 in _catclose ()
> #1  0x5cc00 in _catopen ()
> #2  0x5c640 in __strerror ()
> #3  0x58d50 in strerror ()

This looks like a problem with the NetBSD C library.

You might look at the core file and see what `errno' is set to.  Maybe
it's out of bounds and strerror is stomping on memory somewhere.

Dave.

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