[Nix-dev] Bad bash in NixOS?

[Malcolm Matalka]

In this case the problem isn't a package but using the interactive
shell.  Could I get an updated version of that just for interactive use
but not for building new packages?


Lluís Batlle i Rossell <viric at viric.name> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 07:14:55AM -0500, Malcolm Matalka wrote:
>> How bad is this to do in my own branch?  I've only fooled with nixpkgs a bit.
>
> You'll loose prebuilt binaries from hydra. Other than that, all should be fine.
>
> Remember that if that annoys you in some specific package, you can override the
> bash in that package, only. Not /bin/sh though.
>
>> Peter Simons <simons at cryp.to> writes:
>> 
>> > Hi Malcolm,
>> >
>> >  > This appears to be an acknowledged bug in bash with a patch out[1].  Is
>> >  > this coming to NixOS?  Is it here right now and I just am not upgrading
>> >  > properly?
>> >
>> > updates to Bash take a while to arrive in Nixpkgs, because a change like
>> > that trigger rebuilds of every single package that we have. I guess, the
>> > patch will be included when the stdenv-updates branch is going to merged
>> > the next time.
>> >
>> > Take care,
>> > Peter
>> >
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