Package: bash
Version: 3.1dfsg-8
Severity: normal

This is what happens when I try some bash commands on two different
systems, Etch and Slackware 10.1.

--- Etch machine ---
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fn=debian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo ${fn##[A-Z]*}

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
--- End Etch machine ---

--- Slackware machine ---
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.00.15(2)-release (i486-slackware-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fn=debian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo ${fn##[A-Z]*}
debian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
--- End Slackware machine ---

According to manual, Slackware does it correctly, and Etch not. I also
tried on Sarge i386 system and it behaves same as Etch, so the problem
is obviously due to some Debian specific patch, and is not architecture
related.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii  base-files                  4            Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii  debianutils                 2.17         Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5                 5.5-5        Shared libraries for terminal hand

bash recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information


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