Re: error in globash.rc

[Shigio Yamaguchi]

Hello,
> The check for bash version in globash.rc of global-4.3.1 (but the same
> bug is in version 4.1.1) fails if BASH_VERSINFO[1] contains letters.
> I have bash version 2.05a.0(1)-release, and I get:
> 
> address@hidden:~/local/src/global-4.3.1$ bash --rcfile globash.rc
> bash: 05a: value too great for base (error token is "05a")
> Segmentation fault
> 
> 
> The following patch should fix the problem:
> 
> 
> --- globash.rc        Tue Jan 22 07:30:59 2002
> +++ globash.rc-new    Thu Jan 31 19:13:14 2002
> @@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
>  # $ bash --rcfile <this file>
>  # [/usr/src/sys] ghelp<RET>
>  #
> -if !(( BASH_VERSINFO[0] >= 2 && BASH_VERSINFO[1] >= 4 )); then
> +bash_minorversion=$(echo ${BASH_VERSINFO[1]} | sed 's/[[:alpha:]]//')
> +if !(( BASH_VERSINFO[0] >= 2 && bash_minorversion >= 4 )); then
>       echo "GloBash needs Bash version 2.04 or later."
>       exit 1
>  fi
> +unset bash_minorversion
>  ###########################################################################
>  # Global variables and utilities.
>  ###########################################################################

Fixed. Thank you!
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Shigio Yamaguchi - Tama Communications Corporation