From f4b417c62a4f272c4cf9a074d0f7a3a97201f9db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Schmidt Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:23:35 +0200 Subject: Update to upstream bash 4.2 This upgrades bash to from 4.1-rc to 4.2-release. See CWRU/changelog for changes. Change-Id: I926269c300cf44fa25964b5b375a148fcf11c4b7 --- README | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index c5c7159..8d86c57 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Introduction ============ -This is GNU Bash, version 4.1. Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne -Again SHell, a complete implementation of the POSIX.2 shell spec, +This is GNU Bash, version 4.2. Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne +Again SHell, a complete implementation of the POSIX 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. @@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ large Unix-style man page. The man page is the definitive description of the shell's features. See the file POSIX for a discussion of how the Bash defaults differ -from the POSIX.2 spec and a description of the Bash `posix mode'. +from the POSIX spec and a description of the Bash `posix mode'. There are some user-visible incompatibilities between this version -of Bash and previous widely-distributed versions, bash-3.2 and -bash-4.0. For details, see the file COMPAT. The NEWS file tersely +of Bash and previous widely-distributed versions, bash-4.0 and +bash-4.1. For details, see the file COMPAT. The NEWS file tersely lists features that are new in this release. Bash is free software, distributed under the terms of the [GNU] General @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ see the file COPYING. A number of frequently-asked questions are answered in the file `doc/FAQ'. -To compile Bash, try typing `./configure', then `make'. Bash -auto-configures the build process, so no further intervention -should be necessary. Bash builds with `gcc' by default if it is -available. If you want to use `cc' instead, type +To compile Bash, type `./configure', then `make'. Bash auto-configures +the build process, so no further intervention should be necessary. Bash +builds with `gcc' by default if it is available. If you want to use `cc' +instead, type CC=cc ./configure -- cgit v1.1