initial import from bash_3.1dfsg-8.diff.gzupstream

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/patches/man-substring-exp-doc.dpatch b/debian/patches/man-substring-exp-doc.dpatch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6cdf58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/man-substring-exp-doc.dpatch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#! /bin/sh -e
+
+if [ $# -eq 3 -a "$2" = '-d' ]; then
+    pdir="-d $3"
+elif [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo >&2 "`basename $0`: script expects -patch|-unpatch as argument"
+    exit 1
+fi
+case "$1" in
+    -patch) patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -p1 < $0;;
+    -unpatch) patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -R -p1 < $0;;
+    *)
+	echo >&2 "`basename $0`: script expects -patch|-unpatch as argument"
+	exit 1
+esac
+exit 0
+
+# DP: Clarify documentation about substring expansion
+
+--- bash/doc/bashref.texi~	2004-08-28 15:10:17.000000000 +0200
++++ bash/doc/bashref.texi	2004-08-28 18:27:16.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1575,6 +1575,9 @@
+ @var{length} must evaluate to a number greater than or equal to zero.
+ If @var{offset} evaluates to a number less than zero, the value
+ is used as an offset from the end of the value of @var{parameter}.
++Arithmetic expressions starting with a - must be separated by whitespace
++from the preceding : to be
++distinguished from the $@{@var{parameter}:@minus{}@var{word}@} expansion.
+ If @var{parameter} is @samp{@@}, the result is @var{length} positional
+ parameters beginning at @var{offset}.
+ If @var{parameter} is an array name indexed by @samp{@@} or @samp{*},