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

Bash-Release: 3.2
Patch-ID: bash32-004

Bug-Reported-by:        Stuart Shelton <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID:       <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-URL:

Bug-Description:

A bug in the parameter pattern substitution implementation treated a pattern
whose first character was `/' (after expansion) as specifying global
replacement.

Patch:

*** ../bash-3.2/subst.c Tue Sep 19 08:35:09 2006
--- subst.c     Thu Oct 26 09:17:50 2006
***************
*** 5707,5712 ****
--- 5707,5717 ----
   vtype &= ~VT_STARSUB;

   mflags = 0;
+   if (patsub && *patsub == '/')
+     {
+       mflags |= MATCH_GLOBREP;
+       patsub++;
+     }

   /* Malloc this because expand_string_if_necessary or one of the expansion
      functions in its call chain may free it on a substitution error. */
***************
*** 5741,5753 ****
     }

   /* ksh93 doesn't allow the match specifier to be a part of the expanded
!      pattern.  This is an extension. */
   p = pat;
!   if (pat && pat[0] == '/')
!     {
!       mflags |= MATCH_GLOBREP|MATCH_ANY;
!       p++;
!     }
   else if (pat && pat[0] == '#')
     {
       mflags |= MATCH_BEG;
--- 5746,5757 ----
     }

   /* ksh93 doesn't allow the match specifier to be a part of the expanded
!      pattern.  This is an extension.  Make sure we don't anchor the pattern
!      at the beginning or end of the string if we're doing global replacement,
!      though. */
   p = pat;
!   if (mflags & MATCH_GLOBREP)
!     mflags |= MATCH_ANY;
   else if (pat && pat[0] == '#')
     {
       mflags |= MATCH_BEG;
*** ../bash-3.2/tests/new-exp.right     Thu Aug 10 12:00:00 2006
--- tests/new-exp.right Sun Oct 29 16:03:36 2006
***************
*** 430,436 ****
 Case06---1---A B C::---
 Case07---3---A:B:C---
 Case08---3---A:B:C---
! ./new-exp.tests: line 506: /${$(($#-1))}: bad substitution
 argv[1] = <a>
 argv[2] = <b>
 argv[3] = <c>
--- 430,436 ----
 Case06---1---A B C::---
 Case07---3---A:B:C---
 Case08---3---A:B:C---
! ./new-exp.tests: line 506: ${$(($#-1))}: bad substitution
 argv[1] = <a>
 argv[2] = <b>
 argv[3] = <c>
*** ../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 3

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

! #define PATCHLEVEL 4

 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */