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Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:34:24 -0600 (CST)
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From:	Ronald Landheer-Cieslak <ronald AT landheer DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	[ANNOUNCEMENT] Available for testing: Bash 2.05-17
Reply-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

  New News:
=========
Version 2.05b-17 of the Bash package is now available for download.

This is a bugfix release relative to 2.05b-16, and fixes the bug 
discussed in a thread starting here: 
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00781.html

To update your installation:
===========================
Run the Setup utility from http://cygwin.com/setup.exe and pick up the
proper packages. Note that as this Bash version is a *test* version.

Problem reports:
===============
Please send reports of any problems related to these packages to
cygwin AT cygwin DOT com and *do not* mail me personally. I moniter the list on a
regular basis.

Remaining issues:
================
The issue reported in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg01517.html 
still exists and is not fixed in this version. Before applying the 
suggested change, I will have to make sure there are no side-effects we 
don't want..

Old News:
========
Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from 
the Korn
shell (ksh) and C shell (csh).
It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and 
Tools
standard.
It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and 
interactive
use. In addition, most sh scripts can be run by Bash without modification.

Port Notes:
==========
----- version 2.05b-17 -----
Applied a patch provided by Pierre Humblet, fixing the PID re-use issues,
originally reported in the thread "Bash returns incorrect process status".
The final patch applied has not been posted to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com but closely
resembles the one posted in
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-10/msg01093.html

-- 
Also applied a patch provided by Corinna Vinschen:

* bashline.c (bash_directory_completion_hook): avoid turning '/' into
'//' when converting/checking path

This patch specifically avoids a problem with tab-completion on some never-
released Cygwin versions (some snapshots between versions 1.5.9 and 1.5.10)
but more generally fixes a bug introducing ambiguity as to what directory to
open and search when asking for root.

----- version 2.05b-16 -----
Applied a patch provided by cgf:

* subst.c (command_substitute): Guard against opening a pipe handle in
stdin/stdout/stderr since they may be closed and keeping the pipe
handle open in a subprocess will cause hangs.

----- version 2.05b-15 -----
Applied a temporary patch to fix the problem reported in
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-09/msg00822.html

----- version 2.05b-14 -----
Additional canonical patches 5 through 7 applied

----- version 2.05b-13 and earlier -----
Earlier versions were maintained by Corinna Vinschen. The history may be 
found
in the cygwin-announce archives.



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