*** ../bash-4.2-patched/builtins/read.def	2011-01-04 11:43:36.000000000 -0500
--- builtins/read.def	2011-06-21 10:31:02.000000000 -0400
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*** 456,460 ****
    add_unwind_protect (xfree, input_string);
    interrupt_immediately++;
-   terminate_immediately++;
  
    unbuffered_read = (nchars > 0) || (delim != '\n') || input_is_pipe;
--- 456,459 ----
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*** 513,516 ****
--- 512,516 ----
        if (retval <= 0)
  	{
+ 	  CHECK_TERMSIG;
  	  eof = 1;
  	  break;
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*** 623,627 ****
  
    interrupt_immediately--;
-   terminate_immediately--;
  
  #if defined (ARRAY_VARS)
--- 623,626 ----
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*** 643,646 ****
--- 642,651 ----
  	  return EXECUTION_FAILURE;	/* readonly or noassign */
  	}
+       if (assoc_p (var))
+ 	{
+           builtin_error (_("%s: cannot convert associative to indexed array"), arrayname);
+ 	  xfree (input_string);
+ 	  return EXECUTION_FAILURE;	/* existing associative array */
+ 	}
        array_flush (array_cell (var));