Greetings -

Starting very recently, I'm getting a core dump from this code:

Contents of ./tst1
#!/opt/build/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/zsh

emulate -LR zsh

file1=/opt/build/xemacs-21.5-2012-10-01/Installation
pat1='s/2012-10-01/2012-10-XXX/g'

diff1=$file1
[[ -n $pat1 ]] && diff1=( =(perl -p -e $pat1 < $file1) )


./tst1
zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped)  ./tst1
legolas [./tst1] ~
            12-10-14 10:15PM
: ~ Sun 14 22:15; gdb /opt/build/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/zsh core.*(om[1])
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Reading symbols from /opt/build/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/zsh...done.

warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
[New LWP 20029]
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
Core was generated by `/opt/build/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/zsh ./tst1'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0  0x0000000000475305 in stringsubst (list=list@entry=0x7f8d5a861440,
node=0x7f8d5a861458,
    pf_flags=pf_flags@entry=0, asssub=asssub@entry=0)
    at ../../../src/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/subst.c:175
175                 restlen = strlen(rest);
Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install
gdbm-1.10-2.fc17.x86_64 glibc-2.15-57.fc17.x86_64
ncurses-libs-5.9-4.20120204.fc17.x86_64 pcre-8.21-5.fc17.x86_64
(gdb) bt
#0  0x0000000000475305 in stringsubst (list=list@entry=0x7f8d5a861440,
node=0x7f8d5a861458,
    pf_flags=pf_flags@entry=0, asssub=asssub@entry=0)
    at ../../../src/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/subst.c:175
#1  0x000000000047a95b in prefork (list=list@entry=0x7f8d5a861440, flags=2)
    at ../../../src/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/subst.c:77
#2  0x00000000004251b4 in addvars (state=0x7fffd3e81270, pc=<optimized
out>, addflags=0)
    at ../../../src/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/exec.c:2199
#3  0x000000000042555b in execsimple (state=0x0, state@entry=0x7fffd3e81270)
    at ../../../src/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/exec.c:1097
#4  0x000000000042b965 in execlist (state=state@entry=0x7fffd3e81270,
    dont_change_job=dont_change_job@entry=0, exiting=exiting@entry=0)
    at ../../../src/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/exec.c:1243
#5  0x000000000042bf30 in execode (p=p@entry=0x7f8d5a861368,
    dont_change_job=dont_change_job@entry=0, exiting=exiting@entry=0,
    context=context@entry=0x4899b1 "toplevel") at
../../../src/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/exec.c:1057
#6  0x000000000043bb21 in loop (toplevel=toplevel@entry=1,
justonce=justonce@entry=0)
    at ../../../src/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/init.c:185
#7  0x000000000043e6cd in zsh_main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>)
    at ../../../src/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/init.c:1616
#8  0x000000000040dfd5 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>)
    at ../../../src/zsh-2012-10-11/Src/main.c:93
(gdb) p subst
$1 = <optimized out>
(gdb) p str
$2 = 0x7f8d5a861470 "\213\210perl -p -e $pat1 < $file1\211"
(gdb) p sublen
$3 = 0
(gdb) p rest
$4 = 0x0


It looks like a guard on rest is needed; in case it's just that
simple, a patch is attached.

  - Vin