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Re: 5.2 fails to treat a missing conditional expression as an error of s
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: 5.2 fails to treat a missing conditional expression as an error of syntax |
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Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:25:54 -0400 |
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On 6/15/23 8:57 PM, Kerin Millar wrote:
As below.
$ bash -c 'declare -p BASH_VERSION'
declare -- BASH_VERSION="5.2.15(1)-release"
$ bash -c '[[ ]]; echo fin'; echo $?
0
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2022-10/msg00103.html
describes the fix.
We had this same discussion back in February:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2023-02/msg00156.html
where I answered in more detail:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2023-02/msg00163.html
You participated.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/