commit 5fd001c2c2b96d5c3d677ae8c4d49d4d8ed73b5e
Author: Joel Pittet <joel@pittet.ca>
Date:   Mon Apr 15 21:53:19 2013 -0700

    missing {{}} around item.text and wrong attributes applied to span

diff --git a/core/includes/theme.inc b/core/includes/theme.inc
index 245cae3..a2dfc4b 100644
--- a/core/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/core/includes/theme.inc
@@ -1823,6 +1823,9 @@ function template_preprocess_links(&$variables) {
       // Handle text.
       $text = (!empty($link['html']) ? $link['title'] : check_plain($link['title']));
       $variables['links'][$key]['text'] = $text;
+      if (isset($link['attributes'])) {
+        $variables['links'][$key]['text_attributes'] = new Attribute($link['attributes']);
+      }
 
       // Handle list item attributes.
       $variables['links'][$key]['attributes'] = new Attribute(array('class' => $class));
diff --git a/core/modules/system/templates/links.html.twig b/core/modules/system/templates/links.html.twig
index 30f87fe..472fb82 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/templates/links.html.twig
+++ b/core/modules/system/templates/links.html.twig
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
       <li{{ item.attributes }}>
         {% if item.link %}
           {{ item.link }}
-        {% elseif item.attributes %}
-          <span{{ item.attributes }}>{{ item.text }}</span>
+        {% elseif item.text_attributes %}
+          <span{{ item.text_attributes }}>{{ item.text }}</span>
         {% else %}
-          item.text
+          {{ item.text }}
         {% endif %}
       </li>
     {% endfor %}