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@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@ +This document details the changes between this version, bash-5.2-rc3, and +the previous version, bash-5.2-rc2. + +1. Changes to Bash + +a. Added a compatibility mode feature that causes the parser to parse command + substitutions as if extglob were enabled. If it is enabled before execution, + parse at execution will succeed. If not, the subsequent execution parse will + fail. + +b. Fixed an issue with handling a `return' executed in a trap action if the + trap is executed while running in a shell function. + +2. Changes to Readline + +3. New Features in Bash + +4. New Features in Readline + +a. Readline now checks for changes to locale settings (LC_ALL/LC_CTYPE/LANG) + each time it is called, and modifies the appropriate locale-specific display + and key binding variables when the locale changes. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This document details the changes between this version, bash-5.2-rc2, and the previous version, bash-5.2-rc1. @@ -444,7 +468,7 @@ z. The new `--enable-translatable-strings' option to `configure' allows $"..." support to be compiled in or out. aa. The new `globskipdots' shell option forces pathname expansion never to - return `.' or `..' unless explicitly matched. + return `.' or `..' unless explicitly matched. It is enabled by default. bb. Array references using `@' and `*' that are the value of nameref variables (declare -n ref='v[@]' ; echo $ref) no longer cause the shell to exit if @@ -4513,7 +4537,7 @@ l. There is a new configuration option (in config-top.h) that forces bash to m. A new variable $BASHOPTS to export shell options settable using `shopt' to child processes. -n. There is a new confgure option that forces the extglob option to be +n. There is a new configure option that forces the extglob option to be enabled by default. o. New variable $BASH_XTRACEFD; when set to an integer bash will write xtrace @@ -4554,7 +4578,7 @@ d. New bindable function: skip-csi-sequence. Can be used as a default to to bind all keys. e. New application-settable function: rl_filename_rewrite_hook. Can be used - to rewite or modify filenames read from the file system before they are + to rewrite or modify filenames read from the file system before they are compared to the word to be completed. f. New bindable variable: skip-completed-text, active when completing in the @@ -4636,7 +4660,7 @@ and the previous version, bash-4.0-beta2. 1. Changes to Bash a. Fixed a bug that caused parsing errors when a $()-style command - substitution was follwed immediately by a quoted newline. + substitution was followed immediately by a quoted newline. b. Fixed a bug that caused extended shell globbing patterns beginning with `*(' to not work when used with pattern substitution word expansions. @@ -9572,7 +9596,7 @@ gg. `alias' and `unalias' now print error messages when passed an argument not interactive, as POSIX.2 specifies. hh. `alias' and `alias -p' now return a status of 0 when no aliases are - defined, as POSIX.2 specifes. + defined, as POSIX.2 specifies. ii. `cd -' now prints the pathname of the new working directory if the shell is interactive. |