[Bug 1317476] Re: read builtin does not timeout when using readline for input

[John Lenton]

** Description changed:

- As of 12.04 the read builtin seemingly ignores -t if -e is provided.
+ As of 14.04 the read builtin seemingly ignores -t if -e is provided.
+ 
+ In 13.10,
+ 
+ $ time read -t2 -e -p "? "
+ ? 
+ real	0m2.000s
+ user	0m0.000s
+ sys	0m0.000s
+ 
+ In 14.04,
+ 
+ $ time read -t2 -e -p "? "
+ ? ^C
+ real	0m5.254s
+ user	0m0.000s
+ sys	0m0.000s

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Title:
  read builtin does not timeout when using readline for input

Status in “bash” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  As of 14.04 the read builtin seemingly ignores -t if -e is provided.

  In 13.10,

  $ time read -t2 -e -p "? "
  ? 
  real	0m2.000s
  user	0m0.000s
  sys	0m0.000s

  In 14.04,

  $ time read -t2 -e -p "? "
  ? ^C
  real	0m5.254s
  user	0m0.000s
  sys	0m0.000s

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