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@@ -1,8 +1,60 @@ +This document details the changes between this version, bash-4.0-release, +and the previous version, bash-4.0-rc1. + This document details the changes between this version, bash-4.0-rc1, and the previous version, bash-4.0-beta2. 1. Changes to Bash +a. Changed the message printed when setlocale(3) fails to only include the + strerror error text if the call changes errno. + +b. Changed trap command execution to reset the line number before running a + trap (except DEBUG and RETURN traps). + +c. Fixed behavior of case-modifiying word expansions to not work on + individual words within a variable's value. + +d. Fixed a bug that caused mapfile to not be interruptible when run in an + interactive shell. + +e. Fixed a bug that caused mapfile to not run callbacks for the first line + read. + +f. Fixed a bug that caused mapfile to not honor EOF typed in an interactive + shell. + +g. Fixed the coprocess reaping code to not run straight from a signal handler. + +h. Fixed a bug that caused printf -b to ignore the first % conversion specifier + in the format string on 64-bit systems. + +i. Fixed a bug that caused incorrect word splitting when `:', `=', or `~' + appeared in $IFS. + +j. Fixed a bug that caused data corruption in the programmable completion code + when a shell function called from a completion aborted execution. + +k. Fixed a bug that caused the CPU usage reported by the `time' builtin to be + capped at 100%. + +l. Changed behavior of shell when -e option is in effect to reflect consensus + of Posix shell standardization working group. + +2. Changes to Readline + +a. Fixed a bug that caused !(...) extended glob patterns to inhibit later + history expansion. + +b. Reworked the signal handling to avoid calling disallowed functions from a + signal handler. + +3. New Features in Bash + +a. `readarray' is now a synonym for `mapfile'. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +1. Changes to Bash + a. Fixed a bug that caused parsing errors when a $()-style command substitution was follwed immediately by a quoted newline. |