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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Config/version.mk | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 7 |
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 953c61830..1dc61df4a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2006-02-06 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> + * 22196: INSTALL, README, Config/version.mk: developement + version 4.3.0-dev-3 + * 22195: README, Src/init.c, Src/params.c, Src/subst.c, Src/utils.c, Src/Modules/newuser.c: don't set HOME in the shell, only if passed by the environment; handle the fallout. diff --git a/Config/version.mk b/Config/version.mk index 423835e51..5ddbdd914 100644 --- a/Config/version.mk +++ b/Config/version.mk @@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ # This must also serve as a shell script, so do not add spaces around the # `=' signs. -VERSION=4.3.0-dev-2 -VERSION_DATE='December 9, 2005' +VERSION=4.3.0-dev-3 +VERSION_DATE='February 6, 2006' diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index cb6f79627..a93d69552 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ and to work when configured with --enable-multibyte on: - OS X 10.4.3 (problems have been reported with multibyte characters in HFS file names) - NetBSD 2.0.2 - -Any help with Solaris 8 or 9 would be appreciated. + - Solaris 8+ (inputting multibyte characters from the keyboard doesn't + work in some installations). The main shell is not yet aware of multibyte characters, so for example the length of a scalar parameter will return the number of bytes, not diff --git a/README b/README index cfad042a0..804d982b1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ behaviour. The variable HOME is no longer set by the shell; it must be present in the environment. It is valid for the variable to be unset. +Zsh has previously been lax about whether it allows octets with the +top bit set to be part of a shell identifier. With --enable-multibyte set, +this is now completely disabled. This is a temporary fix until the main +shell handles multibyte characters properly and the appropriate library +tests can be used. This change may be reviewed if no such permanent fix +is forthcoming. + Documentation ------------- |