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This document details the incompatibilites between this version of bash,
-bash-2.03, and the previous widely-available version, bash-1.14 (which
+bash-2.04, and the previous widely-available version, bash-1.14 (which
is still the `standard' version for many Linux distributions). These
were discovered by users of bash-2.x, so this list is not comprehensive.
@@ -124,3 +124,10 @@ were discovered by users of bash-2.x, so this list is not comprehensive.
when in POSIX mode. The bash-1.14 behavior may be obtained with
<>filename 1>&0
+
+12. The `alias' builtin now checks for invalid options and takes a `-p'
+ option to display output in POSIX mode. If you have old aliases beginning
+ with `-' or `+', you will have to add the `--' to the alias command
+ that declares them:
+
+ alias -x='chmod a-x' --> alias -- -x='chmod a-x'