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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  2. <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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  4. <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  5. %general-entities;
  6. ]>
  7. <sect1 id="ch-system-bash" role="wrap">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="bash.html"?>
  9. <sect1info condition="script">
  10. <productname>bash</productname>
  11. <productnumber>&bash-version;</productnumber>
  12. <address>&bash-url;</address>
  13. </sect1info>
  14. <title>Bash-&bash-version;</title>
  15. <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash">
  16. <primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary>
  17. </indexterm>
  18. <sect2 role="package">
  19. <title/>
  20. <para>The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para>
  21. <segmentedlist>
  22. <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  23. <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  24. <seglistitem>
  25. <seg>&bash-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  26. <seg>&bash-ch6-du;</seg>
  27. </seglistitem>
  28. </segmentedlist>
  29. </sect2>
  30. <sect2 role="installation">
  31. <title>Installation of Bash</title>
  32. <para>First, apply the following patch to fix various bugs that have been
  33. addressed upstream:</para>
  34. <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
  35. <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
  36. <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
  37. --bindir=/bin \
  38. --htmldir=/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version; \
  39. --without-bash-malloc \
  40. --with-installed-readline</userinput></screen>
  41. <variablelist>
  42. <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
  43. <varlistentry>
  44. <term><parameter>--htmldir</parameter></term>
  45. <listitem>
  46. <para>This option designates the directory into which HTML formatted
  47. documentation will be installed.</para>
  48. </listitem>
  49. </varlistentry>
  50. <varlistentry>
  51. <term><parameter>--with-installed-readline</parameter></term>
  52. <listitem>
  53. <para>This option tells Bash to use the <filename
  54. class="libraryfile">readline</filename> library that is already
  55. installed on the system rather than using its own readline
  56. version.</para>
  57. </listitem>
  58. </varlistentry>
  59. </variablelist>
  60. <para>Compile the package:</para>
  61. <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  62. <para>Skip down to <quote>Install the
  63. package</quote> if not running the test suite.</para>
  64. <para>To prepare the tests, ensure that the <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user can write to the sources tree:</para>
  65. <screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody .</userinput></screen>
  66. <para>Now, run the tests as the <systemitem
  67. class="username">nobody</systemitem> user:</para>
  68. <screen><userinput remap="test">su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make tests"</userinput></screen>
  69. <para>Install the package:</para>
  70. <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  71. <para>Run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program (replacing the one that is
  72. currently being executed):</para>
  73. <screen role="nodump"><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
  74. <note>
  75. <para>The parameters used make the <command>bash</command>
  76. process an interactive login shell and continue to disable hashing so
  77. that new programs are found as they become available.</para>
  78. </note>
  79. </sect2>
  80. <sect2 id="contents-bash" role="content">
  81. <title>Contents of Bash</title>
  82. <segmentedlist>
  83. <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  84. <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
  85. <seglistitem>
  86. <seg>bash, bashbug, and sh (link to bash)</seg>
  87. <seg>/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version;</seg>
  88. </seglistitem>
  89. </segmentedlist>
  90. <variablelist>
  91. <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  92. <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  93. <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  94. <varlistentry id="bash">
  95. <term><command>bash</command></term>
  96. <listitem>
  97. <para>A widely-used command interpreter; it performs many types of
  98. expansions and substitutions on a given command line before executing
  99. it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool</para>
  100. <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash">
  101. <primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary>
  102. </indexterm>
  103. </listitem>
  104. </varlistentry>
  105. <varlistentry id="bashbug">
  106. <term><command>bashbug</command></term>
  107. <listitem>
  108. <para>A shell script to help the user compose and mail standard
  109. formatted bug reports concerning <command>bash</command></para>
  110. <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug">
  111. <primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary>
  112. </indexterm>
  113. </listitem>
  114. </varlistentry>
  115. <varlistentry id="sh">
  116. <term><command>sh</command></term>
  117. <listitem>
  118. <para>A symlink to the <command>bash</command> program; when invoked
  119. as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the
  120. startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as
  121. closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as
  122. well</para>
  123. <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh">
  124. <primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary>
  125. </indexterm>
  126. </listitem>
  127. </varlistentry>
  128. </variablelist>
  129. </sect2>
  130. </sect1>