ksh crashes when IFS is unset inside a function

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • ksh crashes when IFS is unset inside a function

  • Reproducer program:

#!/bin/ksh

function crash
{
  typeset IFS
  unset IFS
  cd
  print "hello"
}

crash

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • kh-20100202-1.el5_6.3

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