The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: * bash-5.2.15-1 * bash-devel-5.2.15-1
This is a long overdue update of the bash shell. Given the big step in the version, this is a TEST release for now. Please give it a try. This release is based on the Fedora Linux 37 bash release with most patches from Fedora used for the Cygwin release, too. This includes noticably: - A bash-devel package - real exeutables bash_DESCRIPTION="Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and interactive use. In addition, most sh scripts can be run by Bash without modification."
