READLINE PATCH REPORT ===================== Readline-Release: 5.1 Patch-ID: readline51-003 Bug-Reported-by: Bob Rossi Bug-Reference-ID: <43F60606.80708@case.edu> Bug-Reference-URL: Bug-Description: In some cases, readline will reference freed memory when attempting to display a portion of the prompt. Patch: *** ../readline-5.1/readline.c Tue Dec 20 17:38:29 2005 --- readline.c Fri Feb 17 22:54:22 2006 *************** *** 282,287 **** --- 282,288 ---- { FREE (rl_prompt); rl_prompt = prompt ? savestring (prompt) : (char *)NULL; + rl_display_prompt = rl_prompt ? rl_prompt : ""; rl_visible_prompt_length = rl_expand_prompt (rl_prompt); return 0;