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Re: [ANN] optimised bash for cygwin
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- Subject: Re: [ANN] optimised bash for cygwin
- From: cgf at cygnus dot com (Christopher G. Faylor)
- Date: 14 Sep 1998 20:38:31 GMT
- Newsgroups: cygnus.gnu-win32
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions
- References: <3.0.5.32.19980913091527.00824aa0@mail.mel.cybec.com.au>, <4931-Sun13Sep1998141538+0200-vzell.cygnus.gnu-win32@de.oracle.com>
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In article <4931-Sun13Sep1998141538+0200-vzell.cygnus.gnu-win32@de.oracle.com>,
Dr. Volker Zell <vzell@de.oracle.com> 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...
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