Re: maintaining bash

["Hans W. Horn" <hannes at 2horns dot com>]

Thanks Brian,

Brian Dessent wrote:
> "Hans W. Horn" wrote:
> > This mysterious patch of Pierre: is it in that half-a-ton patch file
> > that comes with the bash-2.05b-17 sources?
> > If yes, hasn't anybody tried to get this patch back into bash
> > mainstream?
>
> No, this is Pierre's patch:
> <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cygwin&m=109867031200979&w=2>

This helps a lot! By working my way thru 3way-comparison of 2.05unpatched vs 
2.05patched vs 3.0patched, I saw that many (but not all) of Pierre's patches 
must have made it back into bash mainstream.

For some sources, however (in particular in jobs.c and subst.c) the changes 
from 2.05patched vs 3.0patched (also from 2.05patched vs 3.0unpatched) are 
pervasive.
In fact, so pervasive, that I don't feel that I have enough information / 
insider knowledge to apply the changes from 2.05patched to 3.0 myself.

Would it be possible that Pierre (Pierre Humblet?) could take a look at it, 
please?

H.