Re: bash error on tab completion Ubuntu 8.04

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 4.0
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       When attempting tab completion, the following error occcurs:
>               malloc: /Users/chet/src/bash/src/parse.y:5561: assertion botched
>               free: called with unallocated block argument
>               last command: (null)
>               Aborting...Aborted
>       Bash then exits.
> 
> 
> Repeat-By:
>       Run Bash. Type ls *. Hit tab.

Apply the bash-4.0 patches.  This is fixed by patch 2.

Chet

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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU    chet@case.edu    http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/