bash prints errors for every non-existing command

Rainer Müller raimue at macports.org
Wed Apr 24 21:42:51 UTC 2024


On 24.04.24 18:33, Baerenblau via macports-users wrote:
> I'm on macOS 14.4.1 (23E224) and continue to experience a long standing 
> problem with bash from Macports
> 
> % which bash
> /opt/local/bin/bash
> 
> % bash --version
> GNU bash, Version 5.2.26(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin23.2.0)
> 
> For every command which is not found a error similar error like this is 
> printed:
> 
> $ asdf
> objc[1321]: +[__SwiftNativeNSStringBase initialize] may have been in 
> progress in another thread when fork() was called.
> objc[1321]: +[__SwiftNativeNSStringBase initialize] may have been in 
> progress in another thread when fork() was called. We cannot safely call 
> it or ignore it in the fork() child process. Crashing instead. Set a 
> breakpoint on objc_initializeAfterForkError to debug.
> Abort trap: 6
> 
> Xcode has been installed today. Then MacPorts has been updated to the 
> latest version, machine is rebooted, issue continues to exist.

This is indeed a very long standing issue:
https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41248
https://trac.macports.org/ticket/68638

It appears that this crash is actually caused by gettext, when 
localizing the error message in the child process forked by bash.

Rainer


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