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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Etc/FAQ.yo | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 15 |
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2015-05-01 Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> + + * 35009: README, Etc/FAQ.yo: updates for 5.0.8. + 2015-05-01 Jun-ichi Takimoto <takimoto-j@kba.biglobe.ne.jp> * 35008: Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo: clarify description of 'exec' and diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index eeb7c13de..f9d052f7d 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ sect(On what machines will it run?) sect(What's the latest version?) - Zsh 5.0.7 is the latest production version. For details of all the + Zsh 5.0.8 is the latest production version. For details of all the changes, see the NEWS file in the source distribution. A beta of the next version is sometimes available. Development of zsh is @@ -5,16 +5,11 @@ THE Z SHELL (ZSH) Version ------- -This is version 5.0.7 of the shell. This is a stable release. -There are minor new features as well as bug fixes since 5.0.6. - -Note in particular there is a security fix to disallow evaluation of the -initial values of integer variables imported from the environment (they -are instead treated as literal numbers). That could allow local -privilege escalation, under some specific and atypical conditions where -zsh is being invoked in privilege elevation contexts when the -environment has not been properly sanitized, such as when zsh is invoked -by sudo on systems where "env_reset" has been disabled. +This is version 5.0.8 of the shell. This is a stable release. +There are no significant new features since 5.0.7, but there +are many bugfixes and some significant internal improvements, notably +a more predictable effect for keyboard interrupts and proper parsing +of $(...) expressions. Installing Zsh -------------- |