bug in case evaluation handling

Bug #728748 reported by Matthias Klose
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bash (Ubuntu)
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Natty
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: bash

$ bash-4.1.9 -c 'unset a; case X"${a}" in X) echo good;; *) echo bad;; esac'
good
$ bash-4.2.6 -c 'unset a; case X"${a}" in X) echo good;; *) echo bad;; esac'
bad

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Matthias Klose (doko)
Changed in bash (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-11.04-beta-1
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package bash - 4.2-0ubuntu2

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bash (4.2-0ubuntu2) natty; urgency=high

  * Apply upstream patches 001 - 006.
  * Fix bug in case evaluation handling (Chet Ramey). LP: #728748.
  * Work around build failure in bash-static on amd64.
 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:16:53 +0100

Changed in bash (Ubuntu Natty):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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