Would it be possible to update the bash package?

Zartaj Majeed zmajeed@sbcglobal.net
Sun Mar 6 15:59:57 GMT 2022


Does bash 5.1 crash in cygwin? Please let us know so we can help - bash 4.4 is now over 5 years old

On 3/5/2021 2:23 PM, Christoph Reiter wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 5:50 PM L A Walsh <cygwin@tlinx.org> wrote:
>>          Really I don't see a compelling reason there should be
>> any hurry to update.  In my own testing, I've been unable to
>> build a version that doesn't crash/dump core on linux and don't
>> really think the 5.x series has had a thorough vetting such
>> that it would be regarded as being as stable as 4.3/4.4.
> 
> fyi, we've been using bash 5.1 in MSYS2 for 2-3 months now without any issues.
> 
> regards


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