BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 5.2 Patch-ID: bash52-009 Bug-Reported-by: Corey Hickey Bug-Reference-ID: <134330ef-0ead-d73e-68eb-d58fc51efdba@fatooh.org> Bug-Reference-URL: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-bash/2022-10/msg00025.html Bug-Description: Bash arithmetic expansion should allow `@' and `*' to be used as associative array keys in expressions. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): *** ../bash-5.2-patched/expr.c 2022-07-11 10:03:34.000000000 -0400 --- expr.c 2022-10-31 10:51:08.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 1169,1172 **** --- 1169,1174 ---- #if defined (ARRAY_VARS) aflag = tflag; /* use a different variable for now */ + if (shell_compatibility_level > 51) + aflag |= AV_ATSTARKEYS; v = (e == ']') ? array_variable_part (tok, tflag, (char **)0, (int *)0) : find_variable (tok); #else *** ../bash-5.2/patchlevel.h 2020-06-22 14:51:03.000000000 -0400 --- patchlevel.h 2020-10-01 11:01:28.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 26,30 **** looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 8 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 9 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */