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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 16:10:11 +0200
From: Molnar Laszlo <molnarl AT cdata DOT tvnet DOT hu>
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To: DJGPP Workers <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: bug in system()
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Hi Workers!

There is a little bug in system():

  if (sys_flags & __system_use_shell)
    shell = getenv ("SHELL");
  if (!shell)
    shell = comspec;

After this there should be an

  if (!shell)
    shell = command_com;

like in _shell_command(), because _is_unixy_shell() can receive
a NULL pointer which list_member() will dereference, if there is no 
SHELL or COMSPEC environment variable (this is the case in a perl
test script).

bye, Laszlo