Package: bash Version: 2.05b-26 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line ***
Bash's builtin read drops the character '\177' (0x7f). $ printf "x\177x" >bash177test $ read lin <bash177test $ echo "$lin" xx $ rm bash177test Ubuntu's current Bash 3.0 shows the same behaviour. Dash 0.5.2 doesn't behave like this. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.32 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 3.1.2 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and -- no debconf information -- Torsten Scheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG 1024D/728E 6696 F43D D622 78F1 F481 45C0 2147 69AB DD54 software engineer:open standards/access/knowledge:enthgnusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
