Debian Bug report logs - #167635
bash: implicit $* param expansion in for loops is broken

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: bash: implicit $* param expansion in for loops is broken

Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 02:03:07 +0100

Package: bash
Version: 2.05b-4
Severity: important
Tags: sid

This should be equal: "for t" and "for t in $*".
But it is not anymore:
----- test.sh -----
#!/bin/sh
# print out param list twice:
for t in $*
do
echo $t
done

for t
do
echo $t
done
----- test.sh -----
./test.sh 1 2 3
1
2
3


This makes all ./configure scripts useless, as they are not
accepting commandline parameters anymore!

Cheers, Bastian (trying to grab an old bash version now :)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux treasure 2.4.18 #1 Tue Oct 22 01:27:19 CEST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro

Versions of packages bash depends on:
hi  base-files               3.0.5           Debian base system miscellaneous f
hi  libc6                    2.3.1-3         GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
hi  libncurses5              5.2.20020112a-8 Shared libraries for terminal hand

-- no debconf information

Message #12 received at 167635@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>

To: Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>, 167635@bugs.debian.org

Cc: chet@po.cwru.edu

Subject: Re: Bug#167635: bash: implicit $* param expansion in for loops is broken

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 09:08:49 +0100

ok, seems like bash doesn't like bison > 1.35 for building (Debian now
has 1.75 as the default).

Bastian Kleineidam writes:
> Package: bash
> Version: 2.05b-4
> Severity: important
> Tags: sid
> 
> This should be equal: "for t" and "for t in $*".
> But it is not anymore:
> ----- test.sh -----
> #!/bin/sh
> # print out param list twice:
> for t in $*
> do
> echo $t
> done
> 
> for t
> do
> echo $t
> done
> ----- test.sh -----
> ./test.sh 1 2 3
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 
> 
> This makes all ./configure scripts useless, as they are not
> accepting commandline parameters anymore!
> 
> Cheers, Bastian (trying to grab an old bash version now :)
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux treasure 2.4.18 #1 Tue Oct 22 01:27:19 CEST 2002 i686
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
> 
> Versions of packages bash depends on:
> hi  base-files               3.0.5           Debian base system miscellaneous f
> hi  libc6                    2.3.1-3         GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
> hi  libncurses5              5.2.20020112a-8 Shared libraries for terminal hand
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 

Message #17 received at 167635-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>

To: 167635-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#167635: fixed in bash 2.05b-5

Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 03:32:11 -0500

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
bash, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

bash-builtins_2.05b-5_i386.deb
  to pool/main/b/bash/bash-builtins_2.05b-5_i386.deb
bash-doc_2.05b-5_all.deb
  to pool/main/b/bash/bash-doc_2.05b-5_all.deb
bash_2.05b-5.diff.gz
  to pool/main/b/bash/bash_2.05b-5.diff.gz
bash_2.05b-5.dsc
  to pool/main/b/bash/bash_2.05b-5.dsc
bash_2.05b-5_i386.deb
  to pool/main/b/bash/bash_2.05b-5_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 167635@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> (supplier of updated bash package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Mon,  4 Nov 2002 09:30:39 +0100
Source: bash
Binary: bash-builtins bash bash-doc
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 2.05b-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
Changed-By: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
Description: 
 bash       - The GNU Bourne Again SHell
 bash-builtins - Bash loadable builtins - headers & examples
 bash-doc   - Documentation and examples for the The GNU Bourne Again SHell
Closes: 167635
Changes: 
 bash (2.05b-5) unstable; urgency=high
 .
   * Build-depend on bison-1.35 (closes: #167635).
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Message #22 received at 167635@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Chet Ramey <chet@nike.ins.cwru.edu>

To: doko@cs.tu-berlin.de

Cc: calvin@debian.org, 167635@bugs.debian.org, chet@po.cwru.edu, chet@po.cwru.edu

Subject: Re: Bug#167635: bash: implicit $* param expansion in for loops is broken

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 09:47:09 -0500

> ok, seems like bash doesn't like bison > 1.35 for building (Debian now
> has 1.75 as the default).

I can't reproduce this.

Chet

-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet )

Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU    chet@po.CWRU.Edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/

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From: Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>

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Subject: bash: implicit $* param expansion in for loops is broken

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 17:31:59 +0100

These bugs have been fixed in version 2.05b-5, availaible in the
incoming directory or at http://ftp-master.debian.org/~doko/bash/
For another quick fix, reinstall the 2.05b-3 version, or install
the dash package and divert the /bin/sh symlink.

Message #35 received at 167635@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>

To: chet@po.CWRU.Edu, 167635@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#167635: bash: implicit $* param expansion in for loops is broken

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 00:23:46 +0100

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Chet Ramey writes:
> > ok, seems like bash doesn't like bison > 1.35 for building (Debian now
> > has 1.75 as the default).
> 
> I can't reproduce this.

Are you able to reproduce it with the attached files, generated by
bison-1.75?

[y.tgz (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

Message #40 received at 167635@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Chet Ramey <chet@nike.ins.cwru.edu>

To: doko@cs.tu-berlin.de

Cc: chet@po.cwru.edu, 167635@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#167635: bash: implicit $* param expansion in for loops is broken

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:49:30 -0500

> Chet Ramey writes:
> > > ok, seems like bash doesn't like bison > 1.35 for building (Debian now
> > > has 1.75 as the default).
> > 
> > I can't reproduce this.
> 
> Are you able to reproduce it with the attached files, generated by
> bison-1.75?

Yes.  The problem is obvious, given the output from bison-1.75.  Bison
is translating this string, which appears in parse.y:

	"\"$@\""

to the following, which appears in the generated y.tab.c:

	"\"\""

What is bison doing with the `$@'?

Chet

-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet )

Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU    chet@po.CWRU.Edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/

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