Package: bash
Version: 3.1dfsg-8
Severity: minor
$ foo=bar
$ echo ${foo:-1:1}
bar
appears not to work as expected per man page:
"If offset evaluates to a number less than zero, the value is used as an offset
from the end of the value of parameter.
-- 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 2.6.24.2
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii base-files 4.0.1~bpo40+1 Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch8 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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Allan Wind
Life Integrity, LLC
http://lifeintegrity.com
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