lfs-book/chapter05/bash.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-tools-bash">
<title>Bash-&bash-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-tools-bash">
<primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary>
<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm>

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<screen>&buildtime; 1.2 SBU
&diskspace; 27 MB</screen>

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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Bash</title>

<para>Bash contains several known bugs. Fix these with the following
patch:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../bash-&bash-version;-2.patch</userinput></screen>

<para>Now prepare Bash for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the program:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make tests</userinput>.)</para>

<para>Then install it and its documentation:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

<para>And make a link for the programs that use <command>sh</command>
for a shell:</para>

<screen><userinput>ln -s bash /tools/bin/sh</userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2><title> </title><para> </para>
<para>The details on this package are found in <xref linkend="contents-bash"/>.</para>
<para> </para></sect2>

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