maintaining bash

[Hans W. Horn]

Corinna & Igor,

> Urgh!  Bold hint:  ./configure --prefix=/usr
I just (con-)figured that out myself. Thx anyways!


>> How do I go about Pierre's pid patch?
> 
> You'll need to see exactly what it changes in the 2.05 sources, find
> and modify the corresponding places in the 3.0 sources, and then (the
> hardest part) test that the fix actually works.

This mysterious patch of Pierre: is it in that half-a-ton patch file that
comes with the bash-2.05b-17 sources?
If yes, hasn't anybody tried to get this patch back into bash mainstream?


H.