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Re: FYI: bash 2.05b-4 broken



Find updated packages at http://ftp-master.debian.org/~doko/bash,
uploaded to incoming.

Bastian Kleineidam writes:
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> To prevent bug reports on autoconf or other packages...
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> - ----- Forwarded message from Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org> -----
> 
> Package: bash
> Version: 2.05b-4
> Severity: important
> Tags: sid
> 
> This should be equal: "for t" and "for t in $*".
> But it is not anymore:
> - ----- test.sh -----
> #!/bin/sh
> # print out param list twice:
> for t in $*
> do
> echo $t
> done
> 
> for t
> do
> echo $t
> done
> - ----- test.sh -----
> ./test.sh 1 2 3
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 
> 
> This makes all ./configure scripts useless, as they are not
> accepting commandline parameters anymore!
> 
> Cheers, Bastian (trying to grab an old bash version now :)



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