Re: bash process substitution does not work in FreeBSD 5.2.1 with devfs(5)

[Chet Ramey]

Reinhard Speyerer wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i386
> OS: freebsd5.2.1
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' 
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='freebsd5.2.1' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-unknown-freebsd5.2.1' 
> -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' 
> -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I. -I./include -I./lib  
> -I/usr/local/include -g -O2
> uname output: FreeBSD freebsd521 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: 
> Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004     
> root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
> Machine Type: i386-unknown-freebsd5.2.1
>
> Bash Version: 3.0
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>     Bash process substition does not work in FreeBSD 5.2.1 where devfs(5)
>     is mounted on /dev. Certain /dev/fd entries which are assumed to be
>     present by bash are missing from /dev/fd.
>     The same problem also exists for the bash-2.05b.007 package
>     from FreeBSD 5.2.1.
>
> Repeat-By:
>     # Check that devfs(5) is mounted on /dev and execute a command
>     # that uses process substitution.
>     $ mount | grep devfs
>     devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
>     $ diff <(cat /etc/group)  <(cat /etc/group)
>     diff: /dev/fd/63: No such file or directory
>     diff: /dev/fd/62: No such file or directory
>     $ ls /dev/fd
>     0    1    2
>
> Fix:
>     Not known. As a temporary workaround I deleted the #define 
> HAVE_DEV_FD 1
>     from the generated config.h before compiling.

Upgrade.  Bash-3.0 tests for this at configure time.

Chet
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