PowerShell 7.4.2, 7.3.12, and 7.2.19 (LTS) has been released

Brink · 2 Weeks Ago

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RickC · 2 Weeks Ago

I think what we need are far more versions of PowerShell to muddy the waters even further.

JGToy · 2 Weeks Ago

Getting!

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Hearsepilot · 2 Weeks Ago

RickC said:

I think what we need are far more versions of PowerShell to muddy the waters even further.

Like Outlook you mean?

JGToy · 2 Weeks Ago

Done!

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andyc56 · 2 Weeks Ago

I noticed something odd after downloading and installing this version last night. In yesterday's (04/12/2024) version of the PowerShell 7.4.2 release notes, they said that PSReadLine (the module that gives bash-like command-line editing) had been updated to 2.3.5. But when I did a Get-InstalledModule command, it told me the version was 2.3.4. So I went to the PowerShell Gallery and found the command to install it was

Code:

Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -RequiredVersion 2.3.5

I did this from an admin-level PowerShell instance. But it refused to install, saying that 2.3.5 was already installed (even though it reported 2.3.4 being the installed version). The error message suggested to use the -Force parameter. I tried that, but it gave me a different error message and still didn't install.

So I went to this Microsoft page, and found the command:

Code:

Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -AllowClobber -Force

That worked! I guess the -AllowClobber did the trick.

But here's a weird thing. I just now went to the PowerShell 7.4.2 release notes again, and all references to PSReadLine 2.3.5 had been removed, with no notice I could find that anything had changed.

Very strange all the way around.

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andyc56 said:

But here's a weird thing. I just now went to the PowerShell 7.4.2 release notes again, and all references to PSReadLine 2.3.5 had been removed, with no notice I could find that anything had changed.

My bad on that one. I just now looked at the GitHub release notes again, and under "Build and Packaging Improvements" there is a triangle I had to click to show the hidden text expanded under it. It says:

Update PSReadLine to v2.3.5 for the next v7.4.x servicing release

It still doesn't explain why Get-InstalledModule originally showed PSReadLine 2.3.4 after the install. Also, when I installed PowerShell 7.4.2 on my laptop, PSReadLine showed as 2.2.6.

All three of my machines are updated to PowerShell 7.4.2 now, including PSReadLine 2.3.5, thanks to the command from Microsoft:

Code:

Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -AllowClobber -Force