4.3.0-dev-3

ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-02-06  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
 
+	* 22196: INSTALL, README, Config/version.mk: developement
+	version 4.3.0-dev-3
+
 	* 22195: README, Src/init.c, Src/params.c, Src/subst.c,
 	Src/utils.c, Src/Modules/newuser.c: don't set HOME in the shell,
 	only if passed by the environment; handle the fallout.

Config/version.mk

@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 # This must also serve as a shell script, so do not add spaces around the
 # `=' signs.
 
-VERSION=4.3.0-dev-2
-VERSION_DATE='December 9, 2005'
+VERSION=4.3.0-dev-3
+VERSION_DATE='February 6, 2006'

INSTALL

@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ and to work when configured with --enable-multibyte on:
   - OS X 10.4.3 (problems have been reported with multibyte characters
     in HFS file names)
   - NetBSD 2.0.2
-
-Any help with Solaris 8 or 9 would be appreciated.
+  - Solaris 8+ (inputting multibyte characters from the keyboard doesn't
+    work in some installations).
 
 The main shell is not yet aware of multibyte characters, so for example the
 length of a scalar parameter will return the number of bytes, not

README

@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ behaviour.
 The variable HOME is no longer set by the shell; it must be present
 in the environment.  It is valid for the variable to be unset.
 
+Zsh has previously been lax about whether it allows octets with the
+top bit set to be part of a shell identifier.  With --enable-multibyte set,
+this is now completely disabled.  This is a temporary fix until the main
+shell handles multibyte characters properly and the appropriate library
+tests can be used.  This change may be reviewed if no such permanent fix
+is forthcoming.
+
 Documentation
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