On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Chet Ramey<chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote: > Denys Vlasenko wrote: >> I assume . command does not search current directory anymore >> in bash 4 for a reason. Perhaps it is specified by relevant >> standard, although I did not find it. >> >> This incompatible change affects me a lot. I imagine >> I am not alone with this. > > This happens only when in Posix mode, and is what Posix specifies. > I fixed a bug in versions predating bash-4.0 that caused it to not > work correctly; that's probably what you're seeing.
Yep. I assumed from the start that this change wasn't done on a whim. I am not complaining about it. My mail was mostly about this part: "To forestall questions from users like me, consider adding information about it to this file: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/COMPAT"; since this is clearly a compat issue, and it affects many users. -- vda
