BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.3 Patch-ID: bash43-037 Bug-Reported-by: Greg Wooledge Bug-Reference-ID: <20150204144240.GN13956@eeg.ccf.org> Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2015-02/msg00007.html Bug-Description: If an associative array uses `@' or `*' as a subscript, `declare -p' produces output that cannot be reused as input. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): --- a/assoc.c +++ b/assoc.c @@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ assoc_to_assign (hash, quoted) #if 1 if (sh_contains_shell_metas (tlist->key)) istr = sh_double_quote (tlist->key); + else if (ALL_ELEMENT_SUB (tlist->key[0]) && tlist->key[1] == '\0') + istr = sh_double_quote (tlist->key); else istr = tlist->key; #else --- a/patchlevel.h +++ b/patchlevel.h @@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ regexp `^#define[ ]*PATCHLEVEL', since that's what support/mkversion.sh looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ -#define PATCHLEVEL 36 +#define PATCHLEVEL 37 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */