[issue983] zsh freezing on tab completion (ls)

[Bobby]

Bobby <vienessewaltzer at gmail.com> added the comment:

dpkg -l zsh
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  zsh            4.3.11-4ubuntu A shell with lots of features


aliases:
% alias
...='cd ../../'
0='return 0'
CH='./configure --help'
CO=./configure
GREP='grep -i --color=auto'
S=screen
acp='apt-cache policy'
acs='apt-cache search'
acsh='apt-cache show'
adg='sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'
ag='sudo apt-get upgrade'
agi='sudo apt-get install'
ati='sudo aptitude install'
au='sudo apt-get update'
calc=peval
cmplayer='mplayer -vo fbdev'
cp='nocorrect cp'
da='du -sch'
dbp=dpkg-buildpackage
default='echo -e "\033]50;-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-
15\007"'
dir='ls -lSrah'
fblinks='links2 -driver fb'
fbmplayer='mplayer -vo fbdev -fs -zoom'
g=git
ge=grep-excuses
grep='grep --color=auto'
help-zshglob=H-Glob
hide='echo -en "\033]50;nil2\007"'
http='python -m SimpleHTTPServer'
huge='echo -en "\033]50;-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-210-*-*-c-*-iso8859-
15\007"'
insecscp='scp -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" -o "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"'
insecssh='ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" -o "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"'
j='jobs -l'
l='ls -lF --color=auto'
la='ls -la --color=auto'
lad='ls -d .*(/)'
large='echo -en "\033]50;-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-150-*-*-c-*-iso8859-
15\007"'
lh='ls -hAl --color=auto'
ll='ls -l --color=auto'
llog='sudo less /var/log/syslog'
ls='ls -b -CF --color=auto'
lsa='ls -a .*(.)'
lsbig='ls -flh *(.OL[1,10])'
lsd='ls -d *(/)'
lse='ls -d *(/^F)'
lsl='ls -l *(@)'
lsnew='ls -rl *(D.om[1,10])'
lsold='ls -rtlh *(D.om[1,10])'
lss='ls -l *(s,S,t)'
lssmall='ls -Srl *(.oL[1,10])'
lsw='ls -ld *(R,W,X.^ND/)'
lsx='ls -l *(*)'
md='mkdir -p'
mdstat='cat /proc/mdstat'
medium='echo -en "\033]50;-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-
iso8859-15\007"'
mkdir='nocorrect mkdir'
mv='nocorrect mv'
new=modified
r--='chmod 644'
r-x='chmod 755'
rd=rmdir
rm='nocorrect rm'
rw-='chmod 600'
rwx='chmod 700'
s=ssh
semifont='echo -en "\033]50;-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-
iso8859-15\007"'
small='echo -en "\033]50;6x10\007"'
smartfont='echo -en "\033]50;-artwiz-smoothansi-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*\007"'
term2iso='echo '\''Setting terminal to iso mode'\'' ; print -n '\''\e%@'\'
term2utf='echo '\''Setting terminal to utf-8 mode'\''; print -n '\''\e%G'\'
tiny='echo -en "\033]50;-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-c-*-iso8859-
15\007"'
tlog='sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog'
top10='print -l ? ${(o)history%% *} | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -n 10'
up='sudo aptitude update ; sudo aptitude safe-upgrade'
url-quote='autoload -U url-quote-magic ; zle -N self-insert url-quote-magic'
which-command=whence

Also, I've been running this through gdb and I'm not running into any infinite 
loops that I can see however my knowledge of the structure of zsh source is poor 
at best.

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assignedto: ft
messages: 3753, 3754, 3756, 3757, 3758, 3759
nosy: ft, vienessewaltzer
priority: bug
status: chatting
title: zsh freezing on tab completion (ls)

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