			     BASH PATCH REPORT
			     =================

Bash-Release: 3.2
Patch-ID: bash32-001

Bug-Reported-by:	Greg Schafer <gschafer@zip.com.au>
Bug-Reference-ID:	<20061012084940.GA15768@tigers.local>
Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2006-10/msg00046.html

Bug-Description:

When using historical ``-style command substitution, bash incorrectly attempts
to interpret shell comments while scanning for the closing backquote.

Patch:

*** bash-3.2/parse.y	Tue Sep 19 16:37:21 2006
--- bash-3.2/parse.y	Thu Oct 12 10:30:57 2006
***************
*** 2736,2740 ****
    count = 1;
    pass_next_character = backq_backslash = was_dollar = in_comment = 0;
!   check_comment = (flags & P_COMMAND) && qc != '\'' && qc != '"' && (flags & P_DQUOTE) == 0;
  
    /* RFLAGS is the set of flags we want to pass to recursive calls. */
--- 2736,2740 ----
    count = 1;
    pass_next_character = backq_backslash = was_dollar = in_comment = 0;
!   check_comment = (flags & P_COMMAND) && qc != '`' && qc != '\'' && qc != '"' && (flags & P_DQUOTE) == 0;
  
    /* RFLAGS is the set of flags we want to pass to recursive calls. */
*** bash-3.2/patchlevel.h	Thu Apr 13 08:31:04 2006
--- bash-3.2/patchlevel.h	Mon Oct 16 14:22:54 2006
***************
*** 26,30 ****
     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
  
! #define PATCHLEVEL 0
  
  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
  
! #define PATCHLEVEL 1
  
  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */