Bug#443685: bash: Quote removal happening too early

Package: bash Followup-For: Bug #443685 this isn't actually a bug in bash. $ bash -o posix -c 'a=\\; echo $a\/*' /bin /boot /cdrom /dev /emul /etc /export /home /initrd /lib /lib64 /lost+found /media /mnt /opt /proc /root /sbin /srv /sys /tmp /usr /var is correct behavior. bash 5.2.15 in

Bug#443685: bash: Quote removal happening too early

Package: bash Version: 2.05b-26 Severity: normal $ bash -o posix -c 'a=\\; echo $a\/*' /bin /boot /cdrom /dev /emul /etc /export /home /initrd /lib /lib64 /lost+found /media /mnt /opt /proc /root /sbin /srv /sys /tmp /usr /var $ According to POSIX, pathname expansion shall occur prior to quote