... but it only does so occassionally so it is really very hard to track
down...
here's the backtrace:
~> gdb =zsh core
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...(no debugging symbols found)...
Core was generated by `zsh'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Speicherzugriffsfehler.
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libncurses.so.5...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_compat.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/zle.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/parameter.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/rlimits.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/zftp.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zftp.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/complete.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/zutil.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/complist.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/complist.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/computil.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
#0  0x4020c3b7 in comp_setunset () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/complete.so
(gdb) bt
#0  0x4020c3b7 in comp_setunset () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/complete.so
#1  0x806025a in runshfunc ()
#2  0x80600ec in doshfunc ()
#3  0x805fc33 in getproc ()
#4  0x805e12c in execsubst ()
#5  0x805bc05 in execlist ()
#6  0x805b3e3 in execlist ()
#7  0x805af61 in execlist ()
#8  0x805ad36 in execode ()
#9  0x8087ff0 in dotrapargs ()
#10 0x80880a9 in dotrap ()
#11 0x80876a4 in handler ()
#12 0x400b4868 in sigaction () from /lib/libc.so.6
#13 0x80601d2 in doshfunc ()
#14 0x4020e407 in after_complete () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/complete.so
#15 0x4020eb41 in after_complete () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/complete.so
#16 0x4020d156 in do_completion () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/complete.so
#17 0x8077b01 in runhookdef ()
#18 0x401bb72b in inststrlen () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/zle.so
#19 0x401b930c in parambeg () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/zle.so
#20 0x401b843b in expandorcomplete () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/zle.so
#21 0x401b8072 in completecall () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/zle.so
#22 0x401b0471 in execzlefunc () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/zle.so
#23 0x401b0113 in zleread () from /usr/lib/zsh/3.1.9/zsh/zle.so
#24 0x806c605 in ingetc ()
#25 0x806c536 in ingetc ()
#26 0x8066ec0 in iaddtoline ()
#27 0x806ff77 in gettok ()
#28 0x806f9a6 in yylex ()
#29 0x807db37 in parse_event ()
#30 0x806a444 in loop ()
#31 0x805160c in main ()
#32 0x400aea42 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) 

~> echo $ZSH_VERSION 
3.1.9
~> uname -a
Linux picard.franken.de 2.2.14 #4 Sat May 13 20:33:34 CEST 2000 i686 unknown

This problem only appears every now and then, but I can't see the
reason. Is this a known bug?

CU,
Thomas

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