Another Red Hat patch. "Prior to this update, the result of a
command substitution was lost if a file descriptor used for the
substitution was previously explicitly closed. With this update,
ksh no longer reuses file descriptors that were closed during the
execution of a command substitution. Now, command substitutions
work as expected in the described situation."
Prior discussion:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1116072
Original patch:
642af4d6/f/ksh-20140929-safefd.patch
src/cmd/ksh93/include/io.h,
src/cmd/ksh93/sh/io.c:
- Add sh_iosafefd() function to get a file descriptor that is not
in use or otherwise occupied (including marked as closed).
src/cmd/ksh93/sh/subshell.c: sh_subshell():
- Use that function to obtain a safe FD upon restoring state when
exiting a command substitution. I don't really know the how and
why -- all that I/O magic is still beyond me and the code is
uncommented as usual.
src/cmd/ksh93/tests/subshell.sh:
- Add regression test from the reproducer in the bug, reduced to
the minimum necessary.
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