From: jar
To: bug-bash@gnu.org,bash@packages.debian.org
Subject: numerical comparison missing in bash and expr

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-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I../. -I.././include -I.././lib  -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/bash-N2nMjo/bash-4.4.18=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security
uname output: Linux rrl 4.15.0-88-generic #88-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 11 20:11:34 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 4.4
Patch Level: 20
Release Status: release

Description:
	all numerical tests using -ne, -lt, -le, -gt, or -ge fail. It appears that only string comparison is used. 

Repeat-By:
# the following two lines work	
[ 5 < 10 ] && echo true || echo false
[ 5 > 10 ] && echo true || echo false
# the next three lines fail
n=5
[ $n < 10 ] && echo true || echo false
[ $n > 10 ] && echo true || echo false


Fix:
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