Bash-5.3

9 thunderbong 4 7/10/2025, 3:29:26 AM lwn.net ↗

Comments (4)

burnt-resistor · 1d ago
Not many people realize both bash and zsh can add additional functionality through compiled extensions, and also debuggers like bashdb and zshdb exist.
hulitu · 13h ago
That's why people carying about security shall compile their own bash and disable those features.
burnt-resistor · 11h ago
Doubtful. Do you? What's the exact script you use?
burnt-resistor · 3h ago
2/ zshdb doesn't require any special re-compilation to function. bashdb requires a nonstandard bash recompilation with --enable-debugger. bash loadables and zsh loadable modules are enabled by default and I don't see a clearly-documented method to disable them on bash and it requires a nonstandard --disable-dynamic for zsh.