From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14939 invoked by alias); 30 Apr 2015 20:08:54 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 35009 Received: (qmail 20487 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2015 20:08:51 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Originating-IP: [80.3.228.158] X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=cpwVkjIi c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=P+FLVI8RzFchTbbqTxIDRw==:117 a=P+FLVI8RzFchTbbqTxIDRw==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=NLZqzBF-AAAA:8 a=j6SGXoprEWqS--PdvRwA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 21:03:12 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson To: Zsh hackers list Subject: PATCH: 5.0.8 notes Message-ID: <20150430210312.5c62314e@ntlworld.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There ought to be more worth mentioning... diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index eeb7c13..f9d052f 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 diff --git a/README b/README index 94df2a5..d15d170 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 5.0.6, 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 --------------