BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 5.1 Patch-ID: bash51-002 Bug-Reported-by: oguzismailuysal@gmail.com Bug-Reference-ID: Bug-Reference-URL: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2020-12/msg00037.html Bug-Description: If there are no jobs, and the `-n' and `-p' options are both supplied to `wait', bash can assign a value to the variable name specified with `-p' instead of leaving it unset. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): *** ../bash-5.1-patched/builtins/wait.def 2020-04-09 15:13:57.000000000 -0400 --- builtins/wait.def 2020-12-11 09:46:49.000000000 -0500 *************** *** 214,222 **** status = wait_for_any_job (wflags, &pstat); - if (status < 0) - status = 127; - if (vname && status >= 0) bind_var_to_int (vname, pstat.pid); if (list) unset_waitlist (); --- 214,222 ---- status = wait_for_any_job (wflags, &pstat); if (vname && status >= 0) bind_var_to_int (vname, pstat.pid); + + if (status < 0) + status = 127; if (list) unset_waitlist (); *** ../bash-5.1/patchlevel.h 2020-06-22 14:51:03.000000000 -0400 --- patchlevel.h 2020-10-01 11:01:28.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 26,30 **** looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 1 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 2 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */