Re: Bash-5.1-rc3 available
thank you On Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 20:51 Chet Ramey wrote: > On 7/10/21 6:03 PM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote: > > is this --branch bash-5.1-testing stilk actual, or should i use devel > > No. It's for pre-release versions of bash-5.1. If you want to keep up with > development, use the devel branch. > > > -- > ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer > ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates > Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRUc...@case.eduhttp://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/ >
Re: Bash-5.1-rc3 available
On 7/10/21 6:03 PM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote: is this --branch bash-5.1-testing stilk actual, or should i use devel No. It's for pre-release versions of bash-5.1. If you want to keep up with development, use the devel branch. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRUc...@case.eduhttp://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
Re: Bash-5.1-rc3 available
is this --branch bash-5.1-testing stilk actual, or should i use devel On Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 17:03 Chet Ramey wrote: > The third release candidate of bash-5.1 is now available with the URL > > ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/bash-5.1-rc3.tar.gz > > and from the bash-5.1-testing branch in the bash git repository > (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/log/?h=bash-5.1-testing). > You can use > > git clone --branch bash-5.1-testing git://git.savannah.gnu.org/bash.git > > to clone the testing branch. > > The CWRU FTP site works best if your client supports Extended Passive > (EPSV) mode. > > This tar file includes the formatted documentation (you should be able to > generate updated versions yourself). > > This release fixes several outstanding bugs in bash-5.0 and introduces > several new features. The most significant change is a return to the > bash-4.4 behavior of not performing pathname expansion on a word that > contains backslashes but does not contain any unquoted globbing special > characters. This comes after a long POSIX discussion that resulted in a > change to the standard. There are several changes regarding trap handling > while reading from the terminal (e.g, for `read' and `select'.) There are a > number of bug fixes, including several bugs that caused the shell to > crash. > Details are appended. > > The most notable new features are in the random number engine. There is a > new variable, SRANDOM, which gets its random data from the system's entropy > engine and so is not linear and cannot be reseeded to get an identical > random sequence. The PROMPT_COMMANDS array variable can be used to run > multiple commands before printing the primary prompt. Associative arrays > may > be assigned using a series of key-value pairs within a compound assignment. > `wait' has a new `-p' option which stores PID information about the process > reaped by `wait -n'. Process substitution is now available in posix mode. > There are new parameter transformation operators. There is no new > `compat50' > option; use the BASH_COMPAT variable to select the compatibility level. > All the new features are described below. > > The most visible new feature is in Readline: the addition of `faces', which > highlights the text between the point and mark (the region, so this is also > called the 'active region'). This was added to show visibly the text > inserted by bracketed paste, and also marks the text found by incremental > and non-incremental history searches. Faces are currently tied to > bracketed paste and are enabled and disabled along with bracketed paste > mode. Bracketed paste mode is enabled by default. > > There are a few incompatible changes between bash-5.0 and bash-5.1. The > change to pathname expansion means that words containing backslashes, but > no > special globbing characters, will not undergo pathname expansion. While > the bash-5.0 behavior was POSIX-conformant, the change was not > well-received. > Changes to the random number engines mean that seeding RANDOM will produce > a different numeric sequence. Set the compatibility level to 50 to revert > to the bash-5.0 behavior. > > `bashbug' may be used to report bugs with this version. It will send > mail to chet.ra...@case.edu if the shell's `release status' is alpha or > beta. > > As always, thanks for your help. > > Chet > > +== CHANGES ==+ > This document details the changes between this version, bash-5.1-rc3, and > the previous version, bash-5.1-rc2. > > 1. Changes to Bash > > a. The `assoc_expand_once' option now affects the evaluation of the -v > primary >to test and the [[ compound command. > > 2. Changes to Readline > > a. Fixed a bug that could cause point to be set beyond the end of the line >buffer when aborting an incremental search. > > 3. New Features in Bash > > 4. New Features in Readline > > > -- > This document details the changes between this version, bash-5.1-rc2, and > the previous version, bash-5.1-rc1. > > 1. Changes to Bash > > a. Process substitutions started from an interactive shell no longer have > their >standard input implicitly redirected from /dev/null. > > b. Fixed an issue with setting the SIGINT trap handler in an interactive > shell >when temporarily running $PROMPT_COMMAND non-interactively. > > 2. Changes to Readline > > a. Terminals that are named "dumb" or unknown do not enable bracketed paste >by default. > > b. Ensure that disabling bracketed paste turns off highlighting the > incremental >search string when the search is successful. > > 3. New Features in Bash > > 4. New Features in Readline > > > -- > This document details the changes between this version, bash-5.1-rc1, and > the previous version, bash-5.1-beta. > > 1. Changes to Bash > > a. Fixed an inconsistency in the way HISTCMD is calculated when it's >
Bash-5.1-rc3 available
The third release candidate of bash-5.1 is now available with the URL ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/bash-5.1-rc3.tar.gz and from the bash-5.1-testing branch in the bash git repository (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/log/?h=bash-5.1-testing). You can use git clone --branch bash-5.1-testing git://git.savannah.gnu.org/bash.git to clone the testing branch. The CWRU FTP site works best if your client supports Extended Passive (EPSV) mode. This tar file includes the formatted documentation (you should be able to generate updated versions yourself). This release fixes several outstanding bugs in bash-5.0 and introduces several new features. The most significant change is a return to the bash-4.4 behavior of not performing pathname expansion on a word that contains backslashes but does not contain any unquoted globbing special characters. This comes after a long POSIX discussion that resulted in a change to the standard. There are several changes regarding trap handling while reading from the terminal (e.g, for `read' and `select'.) There are a number of bug fixes, including several bugs that caused the shell to crash. Details are appended. The most notable new features are in the random number engine. There is a new variable, SRANDOM, which gets its random data from the system's entropy engine and so is not linear and cannot be reseeded to get an identical random sequence. The PROMPT_COMMANDS array variable can be used to run multiple commands before printing the primary prompt. Associative arrays may be assigned using a series of key-value pairs within a compound assignment. `wait' has a new `-p' option which stores PID information about the process reaped by `wait -n'. Process substitution is now available in posix mode. There are new parameter transformation operators. There is no new `compat50' option; use the BASH_COMPAT variable to select the compatibility level. All the new features are described below. The most visible new feature is in Readline: the addition of `faces', which highlights the text between the point and mark (the region, so this is also called the 'active region'). This was added to show visibly the text inserted by bracketed paste, and also marks the text found by incremental and non-incremental history searches. Faces are currently tied to bracketed paste and are enabled and disabled along with bracketed paste mode. Bracketed paste mode is enabled by default. There are a few incompatible changes between bash-5.0 and bash-5.1. The change to pathname expansion means that words containing backslashes, but no special globbing characters, will not undergo pathname expansion. While the bash-5.0 behavior was POSIX-conformant, the change was not well-received. Changes to the random number engines mean that seeding RANDOM will produce a different numeric sequence. Set the compatibility level to 50 to revert to the bash-5.0 behavior. `bashbug' may be used to report bugs with this version. It will send mail to chet.ra...@case.edu if the shell's `release status' is alpha or beta. As always, thanks for your help. Chet +== CHANGES ==+ This document details the changes between this version, bash-5.1-rc3, and the previous version, bash-5.1-rc2. 1. Changes to Bash a. The `assoc_expand_once' option now affects the evaluation of the -v primary to test and the [[ compound command. 2. Changes to Readline a. Fixed a bug that could cause point to be set beyond the end of the line buffer when aborting an incremental search. 3. New Features in Bash 4. New Features in Readline -- This document details the changes between this version, bash-5.1-rc2, and the previous version, bash-5.1-rc1. 1. Changes to Bash a. Process substitutions started from an interactive shell no longer have their standard input implicitly redirected from /dev/null. b. Fixed an issue with setting the SIGINT trap handler in an interactive shell when temporarily running $PROMPT_COMMAND non-interactively. 2. Changes to Readline a. Terminals that are named "dumb" or unknown do not enable bracketed paste by default. b. Ensure that disabling bracketed paste turns off highlighting the incremental search string when the search is successful. 3. New Features in Bash 4. New Features in Readline -- This document details the changes between this version, bash-5.1-rc1, and the previous version, bash-5.1-beta. 1. Changes to Bash a. Fixed an inconsistency in the way HISTCMD is calculated when it's expanded during a multi-line command. b. Modified the change to here-document expansion containing backslash-quoted double quotes. c. Fixed a case where the shells's exit status could be greater than 255. d. Modified changed to process substitution so the executed command has its stdin redirected from /dev/null if
