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Diffstat (limited to 'COMPAT')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -579,7 +579,14 @@ compat51 (set using BASH_COMPAT) - the ${param[:]=value} word expansion will return VALUE, before any variable-specific transformations have been performed (e.g., converting to lowercase). Bash-5.2 will return the final value - assigned to the variable, as POSIX specifies + assigned to the variable, as POSIX specifies; + - Parsing command substitutions will act as if extended glob is + enabled, so that parsing a command substitution containing an extglob + pattern (say, as part of a shell function) will not fail. This + assumes the intent is to enable extglob before the command is + executed and word expansions are performed. It will fail at word + expansion time if extglob hasn't been enabled by the time the + command is executed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |