On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 07:37:02PM +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote:
> 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.
Hmm, I suspect this is a locale problem. Please send the output of
these commands
locale
set |grep -e ^LANG -e ^LC_
Can you also try the above tests after setting LC_ALL=C?
Thanks
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