Public bug reported:
Shouldn't these give the same results in dash, i.e. "/root"?
They give the same output in bash.
$ dash
$ var=~root
$ echo "$var"
/root
$ export var=~root
$ echo "$var"
~root
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: dash 0.5.10.2-6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-56.62-generic 5.4.73
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-56-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.13
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Mon Dec 14 00:14:44 2020
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-07 (67 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
SourcePackage: dash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: dash (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal
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export var=~root does not expand ~root to /root
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