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From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject: Re: bash's "/dev/null: not a regular file" issue revisited
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:46:04 -0500 (CDT)
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> I still this bug with current refresh - so what was the outcome of the
> discussion in January?  I've read the relevant thread and see that a
> fix for lstat() was made.  But I don't think that lstat() is the only
> problem here, because I've seen this particular bug in win98se too. At
> that time I've tracked it to bug in bash sources and sent a fix to
> Mark. What's the status of that fix? BTW, Mark, could you please
> re-send me that fix? I managed to lose it :(

Bug in stat, fixed in CVS, not in refresh.  I have applied a fix against
2.03 and seems to work, need to refresh bash 2.04, haven't had time.
Will try and find 2.03 patch diff, busy, no promises