[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i386 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib -g -O2 > uname output: Linux tazzelwurm 2.6.11hcz1 #2 Fri Mar 11 20:01:21 CET 2005 > i686 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 3.0 > Patch Level: 16 > Release Status: release > > Description: If a string contains an invalid utf8 sequence, its size > is reported by ${#var} as the number of characters from start > up to the character preceding it.
Thanks for the report; this will be fixed in the next version. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet ) Live...Laugh...Love Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/ _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash