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bash has been updated at least twice in the last two days, but the output of

bash --version

did not change. Its first line keeps saying:

GNU bash, version 4.3.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

Is that correct?

Wybo Dekker
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Yes, it is correct. To verify that you're using a patched version of bash, test using the package management tools (or using the sample test command):

$ apt-cache policy bash
bash:
  Installed: 4.3-7ubuntu1.3
  Candidate: 4.3-7ubuntu1.3

The bash version string remains unchanged as the patches were applied by the package maintainers, and not by upstream.

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