BASH PATCH REPORT
			     =================

Bash-Release:	4.2
Patch-ID:	bash42-017

Bug-Reported-by:	Curtis Doty <Curtis@GreenKey.net>
Bug-Reference-ID:	<20110621035324.A4F70849F59@mx1.iParadigms.net>
Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-06/msg00053.html

Bug-Description:

Using `read -a foo' where foo was an already-declared associative array
caused the shell to die with a segmentation fault.

Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):

--- a/builtins/read.def
+++ b/builtins/read.def
@@ -642,6 +642,12 @@ assign_vars:
 	  xfree (input_string);
 	  return EXECUTION_FAILURE;	/* readonly or noassign */
 	}
+      if (assoc_p (var))
+	{
+          builtin_error (_("%s: cannot convert associative to indexed array"), arrayname);
+	  xfree (input_string);
+	  return EXECUTION_FAILURE;	/* existing associative array */
+	}
       array_flush (array_cell (var));
 
       alist = list_string (input_string, ifs_chars, 0);
--- 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 16
+#define PATCHLEVEL 17
 
 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */