reopen 605095 kthxbye On Friday 03,December,2010 03:47 AM, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > [...] > Actually, they're *not* the same; whether the difference is relevant is > a different question, but there is a difference. > > From bash(1): > > When not performing substring expansion, using the forms documented > below, bash tests for a parameter that is unset or null. Omitting the > colon results in a test only for a parameter that is unset. > > and as an example: > > a...@hathi:~$ FOO= > a...@hathi:~$ echo bar${FOO+:$FOO}:baz > bar::baz > a...@hathi:~$ echo bar${FOO:+:$FOO}:baz > bar:baz
I see. Thanks for clarifying this. This would mean that the bug is indeed present in the package, though confined to a smaller set of affected cases. Alexander, sorry for the confusion caused. Could you reupload your NMU, then? I am currently facing exams at the moment and am not free to do it myself. Thanks again, and sorry for any inconvenience caused. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin
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