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

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/patches/man-substring-exp.dpatch b/debian/patches/man-substring-exp.dpatch
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8cfaece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/man-substring-exp.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/bash.1~	2004-08-28 15:10:17.000000000 +0200
++++ bash/doc/bash.1	2004-08-28 18:25:23.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2356,6 +2356,9 @@
+ \fIlength\fP must evaluate to a number greater than or equal to zero.
+ If \fIoffset\fP evaluates to a number less than zero, the value
+ is used as an offset from the end of the value of \fIparameter\fP.
++Arithmetic expressions starting with a - must be separated by whitespace
++from the preceding : to be
++distinguished from the \fBUse Default Values\fP expansion.
+ If \fIparameter\fP is \fB@\fP, the result is \fIlength\fP positional
+ parameters beginning at \fIoffset\fP.
+ If \fIparameter\fP is an array name indexed by @ or *,