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Description of problem:
bash incorrectly returns a false boolean value when comparing two long
integers (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS), specifically:

if [ 20041021183908 -gt 20041021183406 ]

returns false when it should return true

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
bash-2.05-8.2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Create a script:

#!/bin/bash
v1=20041021183908
v2=20041021183406

if [ $v1 -gt $v2 ]
then
  echo "$v1 is greater than $v2"
else
  echo "$v1 is less than $v2"
fi

Run it!

Actual Results:  Output of script reads

20041021183908 is less than 20041021183406

Which is incorrect.



Expected Results:  It should read:

20041021183908 is greater than 20041021183406

Additional info:

Works fine on RHE3 (bash-2.05b-29.0.3)