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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 10:50:20 -0700
From: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>
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Subject: Re: idea to enhance get_pid()
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Dan Aloni wrote:
> The last time I checked, the only thing that stops the move back to
> 32-bit pids is a bug in the bash shell, and just a few workable IPC
> interfaces and libc breakages.

I'd like to know more about that bash bug; do you have a URL for it?
(Is there even a bug tracking system for bash?)
I looked a bit on gnu.bash.bugs, and found two possibly related
patches; do these have anything to do with the bug?
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=200104130734.AAA12931%40shade.twinsun.com
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=200104130854.BAA18368%40shade.twinsun.com

Thanks,
Dan
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