BASH PATCH REPORT
                            =================

Bash-Release: 3.2
Patch-ID: bash32-021

Bug-Reported-by:        BAGSHAW Paul RD-TECH-REN <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID:       <941BA0BF46DB8F4983FF7C8AFE800BC205EA7D4B@ftrdmel3.rd.francetelecom.fr>
Bug-Reference-URL:      http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2007-03/msg00065.html

Bug-Description:

When the parser read a backslash-escaped character that would be treated
internally as an escape, it would double the number of escape characters.

Patch:

*** ../bash-3.2-patched/parse.y Mon Oct 30 17:22:00 2006
--- parse.y     Sat Mar 24 17:13:20 2007
***************
*** 3377,3381 ****
       {
         pass_next_character = 0;
!         goto got_character;
       }

--- 3377,3381 ----
       {
         pass_next_character = 0;
!         goto got_escaped_character;
       }

***************
*** 3651,3660 ****
     got_character:

-       all_digit_token &= DIGIT (character);
-       dollar_present |= character == '$';
-
       if (character == CTLESC || character == CTLNUL)
       token[token_index++] = CTLESC;

       token[token_index++] = character;

--- 3651,3662 ----
     got_character:

       if (character == CTLESC || character == CTLNUL)
       token[token_index++] = CTLESC;

+     got_escaped_character:
+
+       all_digit_token &= DIGIT (character);
+       dollar_present |= character == '$';
+
       token[token_index++] = character;

*** ../bash-3.2/patchlevel.h    Thu Apr 13 08:31:04 2006
--- patchlevel.h        Mon Oct 16 14:22:54 2006
***************
*** 26,30 ****
    looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

! #define PATCHLEVEL 20

 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
    looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

! #define PATCHLEVEL 21

 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */