Bash updates?

kevison · 09-30-2014, 12:51 PM

I have noticed a couple of bash updates... still at 4.2 however. I thought the latest was 4.3?

rtmistler · 09-30-2014, 01:12 PM

Yes 4.3 is the most recent version. Bash Current Status

Is there a question beyond that?

kevison · 09-30-2014, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rtmistler

Yes 4.3 is the most recent version. Bash Current Status

Is there a question beyond that?

I guess the question is why the updates are rolling out 4.2.0.xx? The latest posted on Distrowatch says 4.3 yet with this fresh install of 14.1 the bash version isnt 4.3. Just curious as to why this is so.

rtmistler · 09-30-2014, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kevison

I guess the question is why the updates are rolling out 4.2.0.xx?

Because they're patching 4.2, bash-4.2-patches, see that the latest one was 9/28/2014; there were actually two patches that day, and then earlier in the month, as well as a few earlier this year.

Basically if you have a distro that does updates or are performing updates on your own, you'll likely get these patches. There are notes describing the changes for each patch.

Probably the most important point is that Slackware 14.1 was released like last November and bash 4.3 was released in February this year.

Didier Spaier · 09-30-2014, 02:06 PM

And Slackware usually don't ship upgrades in the -stable releases (unless a security patch be distributed only in a newer version, as happens for instance with Firefox).