From: cgf@cygnus.com (Christopher G. Faylor) Subject: Re: [ANN] optimised bash for cygwin 14 Sep 1998 20:38:31 GMT Message-ID: <6tjus7$9ck$1@cronkite.cygnus.com> References: <3.0.5.32.19980913091527.00824aa0@mail.mel.cybec.com.au> <4931-Sun13Sep1998141538+0200-vzell.cygnus.gnu-win32@de.oracle.com> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test63 (15 March 1998) In article <4931-Sun13Sep1998141538+0200-vzell.cygnus.gnu-win32@de.oracle.com>, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: >Hi > > >> There is now a modified bash executable available from Sergey's > >> web page: > > >> http://www.lexa.ru/sos > > >> This is a modified bash 2.02.1 that includes optimisations to > >> increase performance (by doing a spawn instead of a fork/exec > >> under some conditions). It also contains modifications by Chris > >> Faylor that prevent bash pausing to look for mail, and address > >> other problems related to the HOME environment variable not > >> being set. > >Will these changes show up in upcoming releases of bash ??? Or is it a >one time only modification ?? For example will these modifications >show up in the upcoming cygnus b20 release ? My changes should be in the next version. It is unlikely that the spawn changes will get in in time, but you never know... -- cgf@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/