Debian bug report logs - #730, boring messages

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Subject: Bug#730: !-shell from less in same process group ?
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Package: less
Version: 278-1

Try the following:

>From within an X session, run `less' on a file.  Type at it,
  !xterm&

You'll see the xterm appear, and less will say `done' or some such.

When you get back to the main `less' display, press ^C.  The xterm
disappears.

I conjecture that less is failing to put its subshell into a different
process group (which IMO it should), so that the xterm inherits less's
process group.  This may also be a bash bug, I suppose.

Ian.

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Subject: Bug#730: Acknowledgement (was: !-shell from less in same process group ?)
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Date: Sun, 2 Apr 95 18:09 BST
From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Debian bugs submission address <debian-bugs@pixar.com>
Subject: !-shell from less in same process group ?

Package: less
Version: 278-1

Try the following:

>From within an X session, run `less' on a file.  Type at it,
  !xterm&

You'll see the xterm appear, and less will say `done' or some such.

When you get back to the main `less' display, press ^C.  The xterm
disappears.

I conjecture that less is failing to put its subshell into a different
process group (which IMO it should), so that the xterm inherits less's
process group.  This may also be a bash bug, I suppose.

Ian.

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To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
Subject: Bug#730 acknowledged by developer (was: !-shell from less in same process group ?)
References: <9506232329.AA20057@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> <m0rvT92-0000YUZ.ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu>
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