Bash/cvs problem

I have started a bash (4.3 with level 018). Then I run just cvs (which is 1.11.23 with level 0004) without any arguments and get
the usage information of cvs.

Then I do: ls -ltr and I get
$��(+葕 �����ˑ���_�)�
as last line. This seems to be the prompt which is garbled now.

Now, when I type anything it is garbled. Seems I am in ascii land. The shell is not usable any longer.

The problem cvs causes has nothing to do with bash.

As soon as the following is active

export _TAG_REDIR_OUT="txt"
export _CEE_RUNOPTS="FILETAG(AUTOCVT,AUTOTAG) POSIX(ON)"
export _TAG_REDIR_ERR="txt"
export _TAG_REDIR_IN="txt"
export _BPXK_AUTOCVT=“ON”

cvs kills the session no matter if am in /bin/sh or in a bash.

Further investigation shows that the setting of _CEE_RUNOPTS makes cvs kill the session.

Hi Manfred,

Yes, you are right. Bash-4.3 has enhanced ASCII support, CVS doesn’t. Actually, you shouldn’t use CVS over bash-4.3. If you want to run it over Bash-4.3, switch off this variable:

_BXPK_AUTOCVT=OFF

And switch it on, when you want to use other tools.

Hi Tatyana,

Turning off _BXPK_AUTOCVT doesn’t help. Still, cvs kills the session. Only not setting _CEE_RUNOPTS does help.

Could you please verify in your environment?

Thanks a lot, Manfred

I have started a bash (4.3 with level 018). Then I run just cvs (which is 1.11.23 with level 0004) without any arguments and get
the usage information of cvs.

Then I do: ls -ltr and I get
$��(+葕 �����ˑ���_�)�
as last line. This seems to be the prompt which is garbled now.

Now, when I type anything it is garbled. Seems I am in ascii land. The shell is not usable any longer.