Package: zsh Version: 4.3.6-7 Severity: normal The glob qualifer - doesn't work correctly on dangling symlinks. For instance:
$ zsh <<EOF set -ex echo $ZSH_VERSION mkdir globtest-dir cd globtest-dir touch file1 chmod 644 file1 ln -s file1 file2 ln -s file0 file3 ls -l file* ls -l file*(-W) EOF gives: +zsh:2> echo 4.3.6 4.3.6 +zsh:3> mkdir globtest-dir +mkdir:0> mkdir globtest-dir +zsh:4> cd globtest-dir +zsh:5> touch file1 +zsh:6> chmod 644 file1 +zsh:7> ln -s file1 file2 +ln:0> ln -s file1 file2 +zsh:8> ln -s file0 file3 +ln:0> ln -s file0 file3 +zsh:9> ls -l file1 file2 file3 -rw-r--r-- 1 lefevre lefevre 0 2008-12-28 22:34:28 file1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 lefevre lefevre 5 2008-12-28 22:34:28 file2 -> file1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 lefevre lefevre 5 2008-12-28 22:34:28 file3 -> file0 +zsh:10> ls -l file3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 lefevre lefevre 5 2008-12-28 22:34:28 file3 -> file0 file*(-W) should have no matches. zsh 4.3.9 on my Mac OS X machine behaves correctly. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (200, 'unstable') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-powerpc Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages zsh depends on: ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcap2 2.11-2 support for getting/setting POSIX. ii libncursesw5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand Versions of packages zsh recommends: ii libpcre3 7.6-2.1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi Versions of packages zsh suggests: ii zsh-doc 4.3.6-7 zsh documentation - info/HTML form -- debconf information: * zsh/rcmove: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org