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Package: bash
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Version: 5.2.15-2+b7
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream

Dear Maintainer,
When executing:
$ Var='Example1 $(Example2)'
$ echo "${Var#*'$('}"

I see an error:
bash: command substitution: line 6: unexpected EOF while looking for 
matching `''

instend of the expected result of cutting off part of the text.
dash and busybox ash work as excepted:
$ echo "${Var#*'$('}"
Example2)


-- System Information:
Distributor ID: Devuan
Description: Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus)
Release: 5
Codename: daedalus
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-23-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), 
LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: OpenRC (via /run/openrc), PID 1: openrc-init

Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii base-files 12.4devuan3
ii debianutils 5.7-0.5~deb12u1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u7
ii libtinfo6 6.4-4

Versions of packages bash recommends:
ii bash-completion 1:2.11-6

Versions of packages bash suggests:
pn bash-doc <none>

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/bash.bashrc [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/bash.bashrc'
/etc/skel/.bash_logout [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: 
'/etc/skel/.bash_logout'
/etc/skel/.bashrc [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/skel/.bashrc'
/etc/skel/.profile [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: 
'/etc/skel/.profile'

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<div id=3D"geary-body" dir=3D"auto"><div>Package: bash</div><div>X-Debbugs-=
Cc: [email protected]</div><div>Version: 5.2.15-2+b7</div><div>Severit=
y: normal</div><div>Tags: upstream</div><div><br></div><div>Dear Maintainer=
,</div><div>When executing:</div><div>$ Var=3D'Example1 $(Example2)'</div><=
div>$ echo "${Var#*'$('}"</div><div><br></div><div>I see an error:</div><di=
v>bash: command substitution: line 6: unexpected EOF while looking for matc=
hing `''</div><div><br></div><div>instend of the expected result of cutting=
 off part of the text.</div><div>dash and busybox ash work as excepted:</di=
v><div>$ echo "${Var#*'$('}"</div><div>Example2)</div><div><br></div><div><=
br></div><div>-- System Information:</div><div>Distributor ID:	Devuan</div>=
<div>Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus)</div><div>Release:	5</div><=
div>Codename:	daedalus</div><div>Architecture: x86_64</div><div><br></div><=
div>Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-23-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU threads; PREEMPT)</div><div>K=
ernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE</div><div>Locale: LANG=3Den=
_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=3Den_US.UTF-8 (charmap=3DUTF-8), LANGUAGE not set</div>=
<div>Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash</div><div>Init: OpenRC (via /run/op=
enrc), PID 1: openrc-init</div><div><br></div><div>Versions of packages bas=
h depends on:</div><div>ii  base-files   12.4devuan3</div><div>ii  debianut=
ils  5.7-0.5~deb12u1</div><div>ii  libc6        2.36-9+deb12u7</div><div>ii=
  libtinfo6    6.4-4</div><div><br></div><div>Versions of packages bash rec=
ommends:</div><div>ii  bash-completion  1:2.11-6</div><div><br></div><div>V=
ersions of packages bash suggests:</div><div>pn  bash-doc  &lt;none&gt;</di=
v><div><br></div><div>-- Configuration Files:</div><div>/etc/bash.bashrc [E=
rrno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/bash.bashrc'</div><div>/etc/skel/.ba=
sh_logout [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/skel/.bash_logout'</div>=
<div>/etc/skel/.bashrc [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/skel/.bashr=
c'</div><div>/etc/skel/.profile [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/sk=
el/.profile'</div><div><br></div><div>-- no debconf information</div><div><=
br></div></div>
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From: "Devuan bug Tracking System" <[email protected]>
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Subject: bug#856: Acknowledgement (bash: Invalid processing of Parameter
 Expansion)
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 06:32:02 +0000

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You can follow progress on this bug here: 856: https://bugs.devuan.org/cgi/=
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 07:41:19 +0100
From: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
To: murzik <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: [devuan-dev] bug#855: Invalid processing of Parameter Expansion
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Control: merge -1 856

Murzik,

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 05:24:40PM +1100, murzik wrote:
>    Package: bash
>    X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
>    Version: 5.2.15-2+b7
>    Severity: normal
>    Tags: upstream

As you have identified, this is an upstream issue.

You would be best reporting it using bashbug(1). Bash appears not to have a
public bug tracker, so I cannot see if it has already been reported.

Thanks

Mark