[Bug 1617572] [NEW] Word splitting is not done correctly

[Jarno Suni]

Public bug reported:

$ printf 'a b/c\nd\0' | while IFS=/ read -d $'\0' -r -a a; do printf -- '-%s-\n' ${a[*]}; printf '\n'; done
-a-
-b-
-c-
-d-
When expected output is:
-a b-
-c
d-

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: bash 4.3-14ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Aug 27 16:38:11 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-21 (279 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: bash
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-24 (63 days ago)

** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial

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Title:
  Word splitting is not done correctly

Status in bash package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  $ printf 'a b/c\nd\0' | while IFS=/ read -d $'\0' -r -a a; do printf -- '-%s-\n' ${a[*]}; printf '\n'; done
  -a-
  -b-
  -c-
  -d-
  When expected output is:
  -a b-
  -c
  d-

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: bash 4.3-14ubuntu1.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sat Aug 27 16:38:11 2016
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-21 (279 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  SourcePackage: bash
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-24 (63 days ago)

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