BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.2 Patch-ID: bash42-016 Bug-Reported-by: Martin von Gagern Bug-Reference-ID: <4E43AD9E.8060501@gmx.net> Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-08/msg00141.html Bug-Description: Bash should not check for mail while executing the `eval' builtin. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): --- a/parse.y +++ b/parse.y @@ -2499,7 +2499,7 @@ yylex () We do this only if it is time to do so. Notice that only here is the mail alarm reset; nothing takes place in check_mail () except the checking of mail. Please don't change this. */ - if (prompt_is_ps1 && time_to_check_mail ()) + if (prompt_is_ps1 && parse_and_execute_level == 0 && time_to_check_mail ()) { check_mail (); reset_mail_timer (); --- a/patchlevel.h +++ b/patchlevel.h @@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ regexp `^#define[ ]*PATCHLEVEL', since that's what support/mkversion.sh looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ -#define PATCHLEVEL 15 +#define PATCHLEVEL 16 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */