BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.2 Patch-ID: bash42-016 Bug-Reported-by: Martin von Gagern Bug-Reference-ID: <4E43AD9E.8060501@gmx.net> Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-08/msg00141.html Bug-Description: Bash should not check for mail while executing the `eval' builtin. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): *** ../bash-4.2-patched/parse.y Fri Feb 25 12:07:41 2011 --- parse.y Thu Aug 11 19:02:26 2011 *************** *** 2500,2504 **** is the mail alarm reset; nothing takes place in check_mail () except the checking of mail. Please don't change this. */ ! if (prompt_is_ps1 && time_to_check_mail ()) { check_mail (); --- 2498,2502 ---- is the mail alarm reset; nothing takes place in check_mail () except the checking of mail. Please don't change this. */ ! if (prompt_is_ps1 && parse_and_execute_level == 0 && time_to_check_mail ()) { check_mail (); *** ../bash-4.2-patched/patchlevel.h Sat Jun 12 20:14:48 2010 --- patchlevel.h Thu Feb 24 21:41:34 2011 *************** *** 26,30 **** looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 15 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 16 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */