Bash 1.13.4 available for FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu
Chet Ramey
is now available for anonymous FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu as
/pub/gnu/bash-1.13.4.tar.gz.
Please report bugs to:
bug-...@prep.ai.mit.edu
Hundreds of bugs have been fixed since version the release of
version 1.12. Some remain, and some new ones have undoubtedly
been introduced.
A short list of changes from version 1.12 follows. This is in
no way comprehensive; when in doubt, check the manual page.
Updated documentation (work performed since the patches) is
available for anonymous FTP from slc2.ins.cwru.edu in /pub/bash.
Changes in version 1.13.4:
The shell is much more portable, both to machines and Unix versions
Many more machine descriptions in machines.h
Bash and readline are both 8-bit clean and allow ISO-8859-1 characters
The default environment is very close to a superset of Posix 1003.2;
the `POSIXLY_CORRECT' variable gives more conformance
The shell has been sped up considerably; many inefficient spots have
been rewritten
Ksh-style process substitution has been implemented
There is a `restricted shell' mode available
History expansion is no longer performed in single quotes
Readline has non-incremental history searches
Bash now has interactive comments, on by default for Posix.2 compatibility
Shell arithmetic implements the full Posix.2 set of operators
Readline has some new variables: meta-flag, convert-meta, expand-tilde, etc.
Brace expansion was cleaned up and quoting within braces was rationalized
It is now possible to configure and build a `minimal' bash
The `bind' builtin has a -m option to specify the keymap
Quoting was cleaned up in readline key bindings, both input and display
$SHELL is now set to the login shell at startup, if it is unset
Readline resets itself if $TERMINFO changes
The shell now manages the $LINES and $COLUMNS variables
The `ulimit' builtin has new options: -v, -u
The set builtin has a new option: -p (-o privileged)
Completion of command words does directory completion if now executables
are found, but not filename completion
The `command' builtin has the Posix.2 `-v' and `-V' options
--
"You can watch an actor absolutely sabotage a good script and then read
reviews like 'Unfortunately, even the impressive talents of Cheech Marin
could not salvage Anton Chekhov's trite and meandering script.'"
Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University Internet: ch...@po.CWRU.Edu
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