Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i386 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: i386-redhat-linux-gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-redhat-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 uname output: Linux saturn 2.6.10-1.770_FC3smp #1 SMP Thu Feb 24 14:20:06 EST 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 3.0 Patch Level: 14 Release Status: release Description: Array initialization seems to be broken from typeset Repeat-By: typeset -a arr=( 'Hello goodbye' 'peaches pears' ) echo ${arr[0]} Hello 513 > echo ${arr[0]} Hello 514 > echo ${arr[1]} goodbye *515 > echo ${arr[2]} peaches *516 > echo ${arr[3]} pears 517 > The same thing but different can be seen by instead saying typeset -a arr=( [0]='Hello goodbye' [1]='peaches pears' ) *518 > echo ${arr[0]} Hello 519 > echo ${arr[1]} peaches 520 > echo ${arr[2]} pears 521 > The workaround is to not use initialization in typeset. typeset -a arr arr=( 'Hello goodbye' 'peaches pears' ) Fix: _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash