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-rw-r--r--src/parser.c11
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8e0d276..6a64f74 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-10-30  Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
+
+	* Catch variable length expansions on non-existant specials.
+
 2014-10-28  Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
 
 	* Removed unnecessary pungetc on EOF from parser.
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 382ddf2..382658e 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -1229,8 +1229,7 @@ varname:
 				STPUTC(c, out);
 				c = pgetc_eatbnl();
 			} while (is_digit(c));
-		}
-		else if (is_special(c)) {
+		} else {
 			int cc = c;
 
 			c = pgetc_eatbnl();
@@ -1251,10 +1250,14 @@ varname:
 				}
 			}
 
+			if (!is_special(cc)) {
+				if (subtype == VSLENGTH)
+					subtype = 0;
+				goto badsub;
+			}
+
 			USTPUTC(cc, out);
 		}
-		else
-			goto badsub;
 
 		if (subtype == 0) {
 			switch (c) {