Re: bash 5.2 regression in optimize_connection_fork

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/19/22 2:07 AM, Frode Nordahl wrote:

> Bash Version: 5.2
> Patch Level: 9
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>         OVN makes use of GNU autotest for its testsuite. This in turn is a
> heavy user of bash.
>
> For some reason, when the 'ovn-controller incremental processing' test is
> executed using bash 5.2 on Debian experimental or Ubuntu Kinetic/Lunar, the
> `eval` [0] in the `counter_delta_` function misinterprets successful execution
> of commands [1], leading to a false negative for the 'ovn-controller
> incremental processing' test [2].

Can you enable -x around these commands so we can at least see what the
commands are, and maybe synthesize a reproducer from that?

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