From: cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher G. Faylor)
Subject: Re: [ANN] optimised bash for cygwin
14 Sep 1998 20:38:31 GMT
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In article <4931-Sun13Sep1998141538+0200-vzell DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT de DOT oracle DOT com>,
Dr. Volker Zell <vzell AT de DOT oracle DOT com> wrote:
>Hi
>
>    >> There is now a modified bash executable available from Sergey's
>    >> web page:
>
>    >> 	http://www.lexa.ru/sos
>
>    >> This is a modified bash 2.02.1 that includes optimisations to
>    >> increase performance (by doing a spawn instead of a fork/exec
>    >> under some conditions). It also contains modifications by Chris
>    >> Faylor that prevent bash pausing to look for mail, and address
>    >> other problems related to the HOME environment variable not
>    >> being set.
>
>Will these changes show up in upcoming releases of bash ??? Or is it a
>one time only modification ?? For example will these modifications
>show up in the upcoming cygnus b20 release ?

My changes should be in the next version. It is unlikely that the spawn
changes will get in in time, but you never know...
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