From: eeh@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: bash hangs on sparc64
Date: 30 Aug 2001 15:40:15 -0000

> | On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Shin'ichiro TAYA wrote:
> |
> | > > I installed 1.5.1 on a Sun Ultra 5 and installed bash-2.05 from
> | > > /usr/pkgsrc. Then I started bash and started to type a command.
> | > > I made a typo so I pressed ^C before pressing Enter.
> | > >
> | > > Result: bash hangs! Nothing works, no ^Z, no "kill pid" from another
> | > > xterm. The only solution is to "kill -9 pid" from another xterm.
> | > > Top shows that the bash process is running all the time:
> | >
> | > Maybe those patches will help you.
> |
> | This works, thanks! Are you going to submit a PR or should I do it?
> 
> It would also be a good idea to submit the fixes to the bash 
> maintainers.  That way you won't suffer from this again when 
> bash is updated in pkgsrc.
> 
> Eduardo
> 

I've sent this patch to bash-bugs.