Package: dash
Version: 0.5.4-12
Severity: normal
flit:~% cat x1.sh
echo ${x:- yyy
zzz }
flit:~% bash < x1.sh
yyy zzz
flit:~% dash < x1.sh
dash: Syntax error: Missing '}'
See http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html
section 2.6.2 Parameter Expansion:
The format for parameter expansion is as follows: ${expression}
where expression consists of all characters until the matching '}'.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages dash depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
dash recommends no packages.
dash suggests no packages.
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