Package: bash Version: 4.2-2 Severity: normal
The man page description of ${parameter:-word}, ${parameter:=word},i and ${parameter:?word}, etc does not mention that ":" is optional (at least in scripts). : does not seem to be optional at a bash prompt, so I am uncertain about the intended behaviour. But many sh scripts use the form with the omitted ":". Some oldish documentation says that the parameter is only tested for existence when ":" is omitted. It does seem to be optional with scripts starting with #!/bin/sh and #!/bin/bash. -------------------------------------------------------- -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.4.0_c2+ Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 6.9 ii dash 0.5.7-3 ii debianutils 4.3.1 ii libc6 2.13-33 ii libtinfo5 5.9-9 Versions of packages bash recommends: ii bash-completion 1:2.0-1 Versions of packages bash suggests: ii bash-doc 4.2-2 -- 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