Hi Steffen. On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Steffen Erlecke <steffen.erle...@email.de> wrote: > ../t.sh: line 15: 0208: value too great for base (error token is "0208") > ../t.sh: line 16: 0209: value too great for base (error Error: XXX: > Test-Error > /* RESULT END */ > > The questions now are: What is the difference from 0208 and 0209 to all other > indices, and why is 0210 and above OK if 0209 is a "too large" value?
bash interprets numbers starting with 0 as octal numbers, but 8 and 9 aren't octal digits. It's documented in the bash manpage. So, I would hardly called this a bug in Debian. Cheers! -- Sergei Golovan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caoq2pxhcccea5dg5xp3q1ovlupzwqf_yymcuzvhgb6rehcz...@mail.gmail.com
