>Number:         4187
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       expr: syntax error
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 29 09:20:04 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Lennart Augustsson
>Organization:
Department of Computing Science, Chalmers University
>Release:        NetBSD-current 970921
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD calvin 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (CALVIN) #174: Sun Sep 21 23:30:49 CEST 1997 augustss@calvin:/users/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/CALVIN i386


>Description:
	Our expr reports a syntax error where other exprs seem to be
	happy.  I don't know what POSIX says, so I don't know if
	this is really a bug.

	I found the offending code in Sun's JDK.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Try 
		expr a : /
	and you'll get 
		expr: syntax error

>Fix:
	If this is really a bug I can fix it.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: