From nobody@FreeBSD.org Mon Mar 19 19:24:56 2007 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 500D116A407 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:24:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [69.147.83.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4125613C455 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:24:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l2JJOtHh085819 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:24:55 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l2JJJs0A082659; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:19:54 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200703191919.l2JJJs0A082659@www.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:19:54 GMT From: David Sanderson To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: sh cd updates current directory even when cd fails X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.0 >Number: 110530 >Category: misc >Synopsis: sh cd updates current directory even when cd fails >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 19 19:30:03 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: Mon Mar 19 19:31:41 GMT 2007 >Last-Modified: Mon Mar 19 19:31:41 GMT 2007 >Originator: David Sanderson >Release: 6.2-RELEASE >Organization: Panasas >Environment: FreeBSD freebsd6 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 >Description: In sh on FreeBSD 6.2, a failed cd command updates the shell's notion of the current directory as if the cd succeeded. I tried this on a FreeBSD 4.3 system and the sh there did not have this problem. I'm not sure when the regression appeared. >How-To-Repeat: : freebsd6; cd / : freebsd6; cd /tmp : freebsd6; env | grep PWD OLDPWD=/ PWD=/tmp : freebsd6; pwd /tmp : freebsd6; cd /var/crash cd: can't cd to /var/crash : freebsd6; pwd /var/crash <-- this is incorrect : freebsd6; env | grep PWD OLDPWD=/tmp PWD=/var/crash : freebsd6; /bin/pwd /tmp <-- /bin/pwd is correct : freebsd6; echo $0 -sh >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: remko State-Changed-When: Mon Mar 19 19:31:39 UTC 2007 State-Changed-Why: duplicate of 110531 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=110530 >Unformatted: