Description of problem: sourcing of remote files does not work as expected. This does not affect RHEL6 or debian distributions. I would expect the same from both bash and source whereas this is not true. Sample Output: [user@host ~]# source <(GET a8.lc/bashrc) [user@host ~]# bash <(GET a8.lc/bashrc) bar where bashrc contents are this: foo="bar"; echo $foo; Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): bash internal "source" function. bash-3.2-24.el5 also present on RHEL4 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. source <(curl -s a8.lc/bashrc) Actual results: nothing Expected results: bar Additional info: contact me for more info.
RHEL-5.10 (the next RHEL-5 minor release) is going to be the first production phase 2 [1] release of RHEL-5. Since phase 2 we'll be addressing only security and critical issues. [1] https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/