Ubuntu
bash package

bash scriptings discrepencies

Bug #81794 reported by Arnold J Noronha
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bash (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: bash

The following script works differently on Edgy/DebianEtch and Feisty

if [[ "arn.cpp " =~ ".cpp[[:blank:]]" ]] ; then echo yes; fi

In Feisty, it gives no output. In Edgy/DebianEtch it prints yes.

[Edited later]

See original description
Tags: bash feisty
Arnold J Noronha (arnold)
description: updated
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

please check that you really use /bin/bash as the interpreter. /bin/sh points to dash in feisty. [[ is a bashism and needs the /bin/bash interpreter.

Changed in bash:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Arnold J Noronha (arnold) wrote :

<code>
$ ls -l `which sh`
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2006-11-04 12:20 /bin/sh -> /bin/bash

$ ls -l /bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 700560 2007-01-08 23:10 /bin/bash
</code>

I specifically tried opening bash, and then the said script (in feisty and DebianEtch), the problem persists.

In particular I also tried:

<code>
$ [[ "arn.cpp " =~ ".cpp[[:blank:]]" ]]
$ echo $?
1
</code>

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Arnold J Noronha (arnold) wrote :

I should mention the last two code segments were on my feisty machine.
--arnold

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Arnold J Noronha (arnold) wrote :

So can nobody else see this bug?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for bash (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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