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-rw-r--r--tests/new-exp.tests6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/new-exp.tests b/tests/new-exp.tests
index 8c43b66..2817041 100644
--- a/tests/new-exp.tests
+++ b/tests/new-exp.tests
@@ -417,8 +417,10 @@ recho $c
c=${var:4}
expect nothing
recho $c
-expect '<./new-exp.tests: -2: substring expression < 0>'
+# as of bash-4.2, negative LENGTH means offset from the end
c=${var:0:-2}
+expect '<a>'
+recho $c
var=abcdefghi
c=${var:3:12}
@@ -565,6 +567,8 @@ ${THIS_SH} ./new-exp6.sub
${THIS_SH} ./new-exp7.sub
+${THIS_SH} ./new-exp8.sub
+
# problems with stray CTLNUL in bash-4.0-alpha
unset a
a=/a