[Nix-dev] Bad bash in NixOS?

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 08:20:33AM -0500, Malcolm Matalka wrote:
> 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?

Ah, an interactive shell does not mean any change in stdenv. Sure, you can
change the expression for bashInteractive as you wish.

> 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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