Package: posh Version: 0.8.5 Severity: normal $ ls /lib/*/libc.so.* /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 $ b="*/libc.so.*" $ ls /lib/$b /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 $ a="/lib/" $ ls "$a"$b ls: cannot access /lib/*/libc.so.*: No such file or directory $
$a is quoted but $b is not but it's still not expanded as it is when /lib/ is entered directly. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers stable APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (500, 'testing'), (410, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental'), (111, 'oldstable'), (107, 'natty-updates'), (107, 'natty') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-rc3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages posh depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.13-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib posh recommends no packages. posh suggests no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

