PowerShell 7.2.0 RC1 now available for testing
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Updated October 22nd, 2021
Published October 22nd, 2021
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Microsoft has made PowerShell 7.2.0 Release Candidate 1 available for testing.
The update comes with the following changelog:
General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes
- Disallow COM calls for AppLocker system lockdown (#16268)
- Configure
Microsoft.ApplicationInsights
to not send cloud role name (#16246) - Disallow
Add-Type
in NoLanguage mode on a locked down machine (#16245) - Make property names for color VT100 sequences consistent with documentation (#16212)
- Make moving a directory into itself with
Move-Item
an error (#16198) - Change
FileSystemInfo.Target
from aCodeProperty
to anAliasProperty
that points toFileSystemInfo.LinkTarget
(#16165)
Tests
- Removed deprecated docker-based tests for PowerShell release packages (#16224)
Build and Packaging Improvements
Bump .NET SDK to 6.0.100-rc.2
- Update .NET 6 to version 6.0.100-rc.2.21505.57 (#16249)
- Fix RPM packaging (Internal 17704)
- Update
ThirdPartyNotices.txt
(#16283) - Update pipeline yaml file to use
ubuntu-latest
image (#16279) - Add script to generate
cgmanifest.json
(#16278) - Update version of
Microsoft.PowerShell.Native
andMicrosoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender
packages (#16277) - Add
cgmanifest.json
for generating correct third party notice file (#16266) - Only upload stable
buildinfo
for stable releases (#16251) - Don’t upload
.dep
or.tar.gz
for RPM because there are none (#16230) - Ensure RPM license is recognized (#16189)
- Add condition to only generate release files in local dev build only (#16259)
- Ensure
psoptions.json
andmanifest.spdx.json
files always exist in packages (#16258) - Fix CI script and split out ARM runs (#16252)
- Update vPack task version to 12 (#16250)
- Sign third party executables (#16229)
- Add Software Bill of Materials to the main packages (#16202)
- Upgrade
set-value
package for markdown test (#16196) - Fix Microsoft update spelling issue (#16178)
- Move vPack build to 1ES Pool (#16169)
The updated app is being distributed via Windows Update if you selected the “Update via Windows Update”.
via Deskmodder