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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{*}, |