This seems to be broken in several version of bash including: version
3.00.16(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='lin
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
Compilation
CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu'
-DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc'
-DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/lo