Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc -I/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bash-3.1
-L/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bash-3.1/../readline-5.1
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-suse-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='suse' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -O2 -fmessage-length=0 -Wall
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRECYCLES_PIDS -Wall -pipe -g -fPIE
-fbranch-probabilities
uname output: Linux hammer 2.6.18.8-0.3-xen #1 SMP Tue Apr 17 08:42:35 UTC 2007
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-suse-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 3.1
Patch Level: 17
Release Status: release
Description:
There is an inconsistence between read -n and ${#var} in string
length computing - read -n uses bytes, but ${#var} uses
characters.
Repeat-By:
set UTF-8 locale
while : ; do read -n 2 ; echo ${#REPLY} ; done
[Now type two ASCII characters.]
2
[Now type any character outside ASCII.]
1
Fix:
Use characters in read command or at least provide option to
support it.
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