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From: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
Subject: Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:31:05 +0100
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 05:39:35PM +0000, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> While we're on the subject of 'bash', should we be applying the patches
> in http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.2-patches/ ?

Is there a chance of convincing the bash people to release bash 4.2.1?
It seems absurd to off-load the work of applying 45 patches from the last
three years on the users.

Andreas