Bug 640251

Summary: Extra fork when tcsh processes backquotes
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: tcshAssignee: Vitezslav Crhonek <vcrhonek>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Branislav NĂ¡ter <bnater>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 5.5CC: bmason, bnater, fnadge, james.leddy, ovasik, pm-eus, rdassen, rvokal, tao, vcrhonek
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: tcsh-6.14-17.el5_5.2 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, when command substitution with backquotes was used, extra fork() was performed. With this update, only one fork() is performed.
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Clone Of:
: 673556 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-11-03 19:19:26 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 594536, 689383    
Bug Blocks: 673556, 688170    

Description RHEL Program Management 2010-10-05 10:51:24 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #594536 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-03 19:19:26 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0823.html

Comment 7 Florian Nadge 2011-01-03 09:37:36 UTC
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Previously, when command substitution with backquotes was used, extra fork() was performed. With this update, only one fork() is performed.