Package: dash Version: 0.5.5.1-2.3 Severity: important
The 'read' command seems to only read the first character and not the whole line. Example / comparison with bash: # /bin/dash # read MAX </proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_max # echo $MAX 2 # /bin/bash # read MAX </proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_max # echo $MAX 262144 -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-vserver-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dash depends on: ii debianutils 3.2.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.15.3.1+b1 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.9-25 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dash recommends no packages. dash suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * dash/sh: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
