Package: bash Version: 3.2-4 Severity: normal /tmp$ echo "echo OK" > ok /tmp$ bash --posix -c ". ok" OK
According POSIX: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/toc.htm the dot command should look the path (and not the local dir). ciao cate -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (102, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.6 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 5lenny3 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii debianutils 2.30 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand Versions of packages bash recommends: ii bash-completion 20080705 programmable completion for the ba Versions of packages bash suggests: pn bash-doc <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org