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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]