Bug#64107: base: 08 mis-parsed as octal?

[Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>]

reassign 64107 bash
thanks

Jim Dennis <jimd@starshine.org> writes:

>  Expresssions like: 
> 	echo $[ 08 + 0 ] and echo $(( 08 + 0 ))
> 
>  Give errors like:
> 	sh: 08: value too great for base (error token is "08")
> 
>  Though echo $[ 07 + 2 ] gives the expected result (9).
> 
>  This is inconsistent with earlier versions of bash as well as 
>  ksh (using the supported $(( ... )) syntax).
> 	
> 
> Repeat-By:
> 	echo $[ 08 + 0 ]
> 
> Fix:
> 	Might be a problem in glibc?

No -- it's a bash problem:

  <apharris@arroz:boot-floppies> expr 08 + 0
  8
  <apharris@arroz:boot-floppies> type -all expr
  expr is /usr/bin/expr
  <apharris@arroz:boot-floppies> echo $[ 08 + 0 ]
  bash: 08: value too great for base (error token is "08")

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