> > Another option would be to build the latest version of bash. > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu has serveral versions of bash a number of them have > patch directories with Sep 24th date. > > I download the > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3.tar.gz > and the patches in > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3-patches/ > > Installed the 25 patches and then build the code. > Running the test on that version of bash passes the test. > > Don't know if there would be any issues with then replacing the older bash > on a system with the newly build one, but that didn't take much time to > build. Thanks for this Michael. I'll attempt this. As someone who hasn't built from source code in decades, how do I apply the patches to the source tree before building? Gary -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org