Package: ksh Version: 93u-1 Severity: important ksh treats ${-#pattern} (and others) as an error with set -u mode. $- is always set by ksh, thus ${-#pattern} must NOT fails whether set -u or not.
$ /bin/ksh --version version sh (AT&T Research) 93u 2011-02-08 $ /bin/ksh -c 'set -u; echo $-; echo ${-#dummy}' chsuB /bin/ksh: line 1: -: parameter not set $ /bin/ksh -c 'set -u; echo $-; echo ${-##dummy}' chsuB /bin/ksh: line 1: -: parameter not set $ /bin/ksh -c 'set -u; echo $-; echo ${-%dummy}' chsuB /bin/ksh: line 1: -: parameter not set $ /bin/ksh -c 'set -u; echo $-; echo ${-%%dummy}' chsuB /bin/ksh: line 1: -: parameter not set $ /bin/ksh -c 'set -u; echo $-; echo ${-/dummy1/dummy2}' chsuB /bin/ksh: line 1: -: parameter not set -- -- Name: SATOH Fumiyasu (fumiyas @ osstech co jp) -- Business Home: http://www.OSSTech.co.jp/ -- Personal Home: http://www.SFO.jp/blog/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org