Bug 526459 - [RHEL5.3] tcsh globbing causing bad automount
Summary: [RHEL5.3] tcsh globbing causing bad automount
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: tcsh
Version: 5.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Vitezslav Crhonek
QA Contact: BaseOS QE
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Depends On: 498625
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-09-30 11:48 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2010-01-11 08:13 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-10-13 07:39:32 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2009:1494 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE tcsh bug fix update 2009-10-13 07:39:26 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2009-09-30 11:48:24 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #498625 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.4 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2009-10-13 07:39:32 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-2009-1494.html

Comment 8 P. A. Cheeseman 2010-01-08 22:30:50 UTC
     After the 6.14-14.el5_4.2 update was installed on our Linux systems, the following behavior was observed by tcsh users ...

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coates-adm: ls [0-9]*/*.coor
128/bpti_out.coor 320/bpti_out.coor 448/bpti_out.coor
192/bpti_out.coor 32/bpti_out.coor 64/bpti_out.coor
256/bpti_out.coor 384/bpti_out.coor 96/bpti_out.coor
coates-adm: ls [0-9]*/*.{BAK,coor,log,pbsid,vel}
ls: No match.
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     Basically, anyone with scripts using [] or {} operations in filename matching cannot expect behavior consistent with previous versions.  In the above example, the files listed by the first ls would have been listed within the group found by the second ls, using the pre-update tcsh.  The second ls fails any time one of the {} members is not present in any of the directories.

     This appears to be a new bug to me.  It's causing problems for various users.

     Best regards,
     Phil

Comment 9 Petr Šplíchal 2010-01-11 08:13:21 UTC
The fix for this regression is already on the way.
See bug 547529 for more details about the issue.
You can expect the new tcsh package very soon.


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