Version 050617 of Heirloom Bourne Shell

Release Notes: The "kill -n" and "read" commands were broken in the first release and have been fixed. Temporary files for here documents are now always only readable by the invoking user. The "read -r" and "umask -S" commands have been added, as well as the "TIMEOUT" variable. Various fixes for specific system environments were also made.

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  •  06 Jul 2005 06:46

Release Notes: Spell checking for the "cd" command is now optionally available. The job control code has been fixed to allow commands like "(cat a; cat b) | cat". Job control now works on FreeBSD. Locales are now also enabled on platforms without a "/usr/lib/locale" directory. The manual page has been enhanced.

  •  21 Jun 2005 04:40

Release Notes: The "ulimit" command now works portably; using it could previously crash the shell on some platforms. A manual page has been added. The shell now also compiles on HP-UX, AIX, and Tru64 Unix. Shell accounting with the SHACCT mechanism has been enabled.

  •  17 Jun 2005 03:26

Release Notes: The "kill -n" and "read" commands were broken in the first release and have been fixed. Temporary files for here documents are now always only readable by the invoking user. The "read -r" and "umask -S" commands have been added, as well as the "TIMEOUT" variable. Various fixes for specific system environments were also made.

No changes have been submitted for this release.

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