Install Bash 4.2 for Cygwin

Peter Rosin peda@lysator.liu.se
Fri Dec 6 15:02:00 GMT 2013


Javier wrote:
> Hello!!
> 
> Is possible install bash 4.2 on cygwin? Is there some patch or update for it?

It is available for 64-bit. Not 32-bit though, we're still waiting for
that update (with the WORDEXP_OPTION enabled to fix wordexp(3) and
enabled support for loadable builtins)...

You could probably find a 32-bit version in cygwinports.

Cheers,
Peter

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