Re: fc can segfault if history is cleared

[Jason Franklin]

On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 10:31:59AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
>   |   $ history -c; fc -0
>   |   Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>   |
>   | Can someone else confirm this?
> 
> Which bash version are you using?
> 
> I just tried that on
>       GNU bash, version 5.2.21(1)-release (x86_64--netbsd)
> 
> No core dump, just my editor with an empty file.

Thanks for the sanity check, Robert.

Indeed, it looks like my version of Bash was just too old.

I am using version 5.1.16(1)-release. I switched to 5.2.15(1)-release,
and I got the behavior you described.

Sorry for the false alarm.

Best,

-- 
Jason Franklin