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			     BASH PATCH REPORT
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			     =================
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Bash-Release:	4.2
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Patch-ID:	bash42-017
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Bug-Reported-by:	Curtis Doty <Curtis@GreenKey.net>
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Bug-Reference-ID:	<20110621035324.A4F70849F59@mx1.iParadigms.net>
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Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-06/msg00053.html
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Bug-Description:
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Using `read -a foo' where foo was an already-declared associative array
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caused the shell to die with a segmentation fault.
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Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
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*** ../bash-4.2-patched/builtins/read.def	2011-01-04 11:43:36.000000000 -0500
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--- builtins/read.def	2011-06-21 10:31:02.000000000 -0400
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***************
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*** 643,646 ****
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--- 642,651 ----
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  	  return EXECUTION_FAILURE;	/* readonly or noassign */
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  	}
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+       if (assoc_p (var))
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+ 	{
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+           builtin_error (_("%s: cannot convert associative to indexed array"), arrayname);
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+ 	  xfree (input_string);
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+ 	  return EXECUTION_FAILURE;	/* existing associative array */
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+ 	}
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        array_flush (array_cell (var));
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*** ../bash-4.2-patched/patchlevel.h	Sat Jun 12 20:14:48 2010
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--- patchlevel.h	Thu Feb 24 21:41:34 2011
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*** 26,30 ****
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     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
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! #define PATCHLEVEL 16
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  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
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--- 26,30 ----
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     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
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! #define PATCHLEVEL 17
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  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */