cd -L not behaving as documented with symlinks and ..

2018-07-30 Thread Hugo Gabriel Eyherabide
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/l

Re: segfault w/ localvar_inherit and associative array insert

2018-07-30 Thread Chet Ramey
On 7/25/18 5:37 PM, Grisha Levit wrote: > shopt -s localvar_inherit > declare -A var > f() { declare var+=([0]=X); }; f This will generate an error about attempting to inherit a value from an incompatible type. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer

Feature request: parameter expansion, replace last occurrence

2018-07-30 Thread Alan Beccati
Hi, While programming a script I found it useful to have parameter expansion replace the last occurrence of a given substring instead of the first but fund no way to do it. I hope this is the correct place for feature requests since I found no searchable location for them to check if it was al

Re: delcare -a on a nameref in a function modifies nameref instead of target

2018-07-30 Thread Chet Ramey
On 7/29/18 4:04 PM, Grisha Levit wrote: > I think there's a related regression in the latest devel commit. Creating a > local variable with the same name as a higher-scoped nameref pointing to an > unset variable creates a local variable with the name of the target of the > nameref. I think forcin

Re: cd -L not behaving as documented with symlinks and ..

2018-07-30 Thread Chet Ramey
On 7/30/18 7:48 AM, Hugo Gabriel Eyherabide wrote: > Bash Version: 4.4 > Patch Level: 0 > Release Status: release > > Description: > According to the documentation, cd -L should resolve symlinks after > evaluating .., and that is indeed the case, unless the canonicalization > fails, in which case