BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 3.0 Patch-ID: bash30-015 Bug-Reported-by: opengeometry@yahoo.ca Bug-Reference-ID: <200410202012.i9KKCTEB001860@node1.opengeometry.net> Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2004-10/msg00297.html Bug-Description: Shell variable can start with number and can even be printed with 'declare', as in 1=aaa 1a=bbb declare -p 1 1a But, they can't be removed, as in unset 1 1a --> ...: not a valid identifier Bash-2.05b correctly gives me error, however. Patch: *** ../bash-3.0-patched/general.c Wed Apr 14 23:20:13 2004 --- general.c Wed Oct 20 16:59:59 2004 *************** *** 268,272 **** #if defined (ARRAY_VARS) ! if ((legal_variable_starter (c) == 0) && (flags && c != '[')) /* ] */ #else if (legal_variable_starter (c) == 0) --- 268,272 ---- #if defined (ARRAY_VARS) ! if ((legal_variable_starter (c) == 0) && (flags == 0 || c != '[')) /* ] */ #else if (legal_variable_starter (c) == 0) *** ../bash-3.0/patchlevel.h Wed Aug 22 08:05:39 2001 --- patchlevel.h Thu Sep 2 15:04:32 2004 *************** *** 26,30 **** looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 14 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 15 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */