Re: Regression in pattern substitution with compat42

2023-02-14 Thread Kerin Millar
On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:48:10 +1000 Martin D Kealey wrote: > > There are still Linux versions shipping with bash-4.2, which was released > > in 2010. > > > > Is anyone surprised by this, when new versions cannot be trusted? It is, perhaps, telling that two of the most notable rolling Linux

Re: Regression in pattern substitution with compat42

2023-02-14 Thread Martin D Kealey
On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 at 01:00, Chet Ramey wrote: In this case, the behavior is controlled by an option. You just don't like > the default setting. > We had this exact same discussion back in November. > Too right I don't like it, and the previous discussion was wholly unsatisfactory. I do not

Re: Regression in pattern substitution with compat42

2023-02-13 Thread Chet Ramey
On 2/9/23 5:32 PM, Martin D Kealey wrote: On 8 Feb 2023 at 18:50Z Tom Briden wrote: Bash Version: 5.2 Patch Level: 15 Release Status: release As of version 5.2-beta, replacing a single backslash with a double backslash is no longer possible when using BASH_COMPAT=4.2. On 9 Feb 2023 at

Re: Regression in pattern substitution with compat42

2023-02-09 Thread Kerin Millar
On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:32:54 +1300 (NZDT) Martin D Kealey wrote: > On 8 Feb 2023 at 18:50Z Tom Briden wrote: > > Bash Version: 5.2 > > Patch Level: 15 > > Release Status: release > > > > As of version 5.2-beta, replacing a single backslash with a double > > backslash is no longer possible when

Re: Regression in pattern substitution with compat42

2023-02-09 Thread Martin D Kealey
On 8 Feb 2023 at 18:50Z Tom Briden wrote: > Bash Version: 5.2 > Patch Level: 15 > Release Status: release > > As of version 5.2-beta, replacing a single backslash with a double backslash > is no longer possible when using BASH_COMPAT=4.2. On 9 Feb 2023 at 15:57Z Chet Ramey wrote: > shopt -u

Re: Regression in pattern substitution with compat42

2023-02-09 Thread Chet Ramey
On 2/8/23 1:50 PM, Tom Briden via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell wrote: Bash Version: 5.2 Patch Level: 15 Release Status: release Description: As of version 5.2-beta, replacing a single backslash with a double backslash is no longer possible when using BASH_COMPAT=4.2. The