Message-Id: <202206072343.257NhGsg008438@delorie.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 00:55:39 +0200
From: "Juan Manuel Guerrero (juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de) [via djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Release 4 of the DJGPP port of GNU Bash 4.1.17.
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This is a port of GNU Bash 4.1.17 to MSDOS/DJGPP.


  Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell, a complete
  implementation of the POSIX.2 shell spec, but also with interactive
  command line editing, job control on architectures that support it,
  csh-like features such as history substitution and brace expansion,
  and a slew of other features.



  DJGPP specific changes.
  =======================

  - This new release fixes a crash related to the double freeing of
    certain tables used when sub-shells were executed.  Apart from this
    change, the port has been compiled using a newly compiled libc
    version from the CVS repository where the nmalloc code used in
    djdev205 has been replaced by original malloc code used in djdev203.

  - This port is based on the last port of bash to DJGPP (aka
    bsh4117b*.zip).

  - There may exist much more DOS specific bugs in this port that have
    still not been discovered and they will be fixed as they appeare.

  - The port has been configured and compiled on WinXP SP3, Win98SE,
    MS-DOS 7.10 using DOSLFN 0.41f and MS-DOS 6.22 using DOSLFN 0.41f.
    There is no guarantee that this may be possible with any other DOS-
    like OS.  Due to the use of long file names it will not be possible
    to configure and compile without LFN support.  The port has been
    compiled using gcc346 and bnu2351b.

  - To be able to build this port you may need to have LFN support.

  - If NLS support is wanted, then the sources must be reconfigured
    passing the nls option to config.bat.


  As usual, all djgpp specific files (diffs, README files, etc.) are
  stored in the "djgpp" directory.  The sources have been configured to
  be build in the "0build" directory.  If for some reason it does not
  work for you, delete its contents and configure from scratch again.

  Please read the docs to become familiar with this product.


  Here is an extract of the NEWS file showing the user visible changes
  from the last port (GNU Bash 2.05b) to this one:

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  The port consists of the usual three packages that have been produced
  using djdev205 (CVS repository code) and can be downloaded from
  ftp.delorie.com and mirrors as (time stamp 2022-06-06):


    GNU Bash 4.1.17 binary, info and man format documentation:
    http://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/bsh4117br4.zip

    GNU Bash 4.1.17 dvi, html, pdf and ps format documentation:
    http://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/bsh4117dr4.zip

    GNU Bash 4.1.17 source:
    http://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/bsh4117sr4.zip



  Send GNU Bash specific bug reports to <bug-bash AT gnu DOT org>.
  Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port
  to comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>.


Enjoy.

    Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan DOT guerrero AT igd DOT fhg DOT de>