>Number:         10995
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       expr(1) barfs on regexp
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 11 18:41:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Brian de Alwis
>Release:        NetBSD 1.5_ALPHA2
>Organization:
Dept of CS, University of British Columbia
>Environment:
	NetBSD 1.5_ALPHA2 from ftp.NetBSD.org; i386
System: NetBSD fifty 1.5_ALPHA2 NetBSD 1.5_ALPHA2 (GENERIC) #2: Mon Aug 21 19:17:53 MEST 2000 fvdl@sushi:/work/trees/netbsd-1-5/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386


>Description:
	expr(1) barfs on a seemingly valid regexp, complaining about
	a syntax error. The Solaris expr(1) complains similarly, though
	linux's expr(1) does not. This was found in Sun's JDK 1.2.2 for
	Linux's scripts.
>How-To-Repeat:
	$ expr f : /
	expr: syntax error
	$
>Fix:

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