Bash-2.05b Patch 4

[Chet Ramey]

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

Bash-Release: 2.05b
Patch-ID: bash205b-004

Bug-Reported-by:   c.f.a.johnson@rogers.com
Bug-Reference-ID:  <aji8sb$1aa9bi$2@ID-136730.news.dfncis.de>
Bug-Reference-URL: 
http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-bash/2002-August/005074.html

Bug-Description:

A bug in the bash variable expansion code causes leading blanks in a
variable's value to be ignored when computing its length.

Patch:

*** ../bash-2.05b/subst.c       Mon Jun 24 07:59:45 2002
--- subst.c     Sat Aug 17 17:28:46 2002
***************
*** 1639,1647 ****
  /* This performs word splitting and quoted null character removal on
     STRING. */
! #if 0
! #define issep(c)      ((separators)[1] ? (member ((c), separators)) : (c) == 
(separators)[0])
! #else
! #define issep(c)      ((separators)[1] ? isifs(c) : (c) == (separators)[0])
! #endif
  
  WORD_LIST *
--- 1639,1646 ----
  /* This performs word splitting and quoted null character removal on
     STRING. */
! #define issep(c) \
!       (((separators)[0]) ? ((separators)[1] ? isifs(c) \
!                                             : (c) == (separators)[0]) \
!                          : 0)
  
  WORD_LIST *



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