diff --git a/bash-4.1-read-assoc-array.patch b/bash-4.1-read-assoc-array.patch
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+*** ../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
+***************
+*** 456,460 ****
+    add_unwind_protect (xfree, input_string);
+    interrupt_immediately++;
+-   terminate_immediately++;
+  
+    unbuffered_read = (nchars > 0) || (delim != '\n') || input_is_pipe;
+--- 456,459 ----
+***************
+*** 513,516 ****
+--- 512,516 ----
+        if (retval <= 0)
+  	{
++ 	  CHECK_TERMSIG;
+  	  eof = 1;
+  	  break;
+***************
+*** 623,627 ****
+  
+    interrupt_immediately--;
+-   terminate_immediately--;
+  
+  #if defined (ARRAY_VARS)
+--- 623,626 ----
+***************
+*** 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));
+  
+