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Uncomment Bash branch update patch areas for Bash 4.3 branch update patch.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-bash" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="bash.html"?>
10
11 <title>Bash-&bash-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash">
14 <primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para>
21
22 </sect2>
23
24 <sect2 role="installation">
25 <title>Installation of Bash</title>
26
27 <para os="p1">The following patch contains updates from the maintainer. The
28 maintainer of Bash only releases these patches to fix serious issues:</para>
29
30<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen>
31
32 <para os="a">Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
33
34<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
35 --without-bash-malloc --with-installed-readline \
36 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version;</userinput></screen>
37
38 <variablelist os="c">
39 <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
40
41 <varlistentry>
42 <term><parameter>--with-installed-readline</parameter></term>
43 <listitem>
44 <para>This option tells Bash to use the
45 <filename class="libraryfile">readline</filename> library that is
46 already installed on the system rather than using its own readline
47 version.</para>
48 </listitem>
49 </varlistentry>
50 </variablelist>
51
52 <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
53
54<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
55
56 <para os="f">To test the results, issue:</para>
57
58<screen os="f2"><userinput remap="test">make tests</userinput></screen>
59
60 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
61
62<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
63
64 <para os="i">Run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program (replacing
65 the one that is currently being executed):</para>
66
67<screen os="j" role="nodump"><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
68
69 <note os="k">
70 <para>The parameters used make the <command>bash</command>
71 process an interactive login shell and continue to disable hashing so
72 that new programs are found as they become available.</para>
73 </note>
74
75 </sect2>
76
77 <sect2 id="contents-bash" role="content">
78 <title>Contents of Bash</title>
79
80 <segmentedlist>
81 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
82 <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
83
84 <seglistitem>
85 <seg>bash, bashbug, and sh (link to bash)</seg>
86 <seg>/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version;</seg>
87 </seglistitem>
88 </segmentedlist>
89
90 <variablelist>
91 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
92 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
93 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
94
95 <varlistentry id="bash">
96 <term><command>bash</command></term>
97 <listitem>
98 <para>A widely-used command interpreter; it performs many types of
99 expansions and substitutions on a given command line before executing
100 it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool</para>
101 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash">
102 <primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary>
103 </indexterm>
104 </listitem>
105 </varlistentry>
106
107 <varlistentry id="bashbug">
108 <term><command>bashbug</command></term>
109 <listitem>
110 <para>A shell script to help the user compose and mail standard
111 formatted bug reports concerning <command>bash</command></para>
112 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug">
113 <primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary>
114 </indexterm>
115 </listitem>
116 </varlistentry>
117
118 <varlistentry id="sh">
119 <term><command>sh</command></term>
120 <listitem>
121 <para>A symlink to the <command>bash</command> program; when invoked
122 as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the
123 startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as
124 closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as
125 well</para>
126 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh">
127 <primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary>
128 </indexterm>
129 </listitem>
130 </varlistentry>
131
132 </variablelist>
133
134 </sect2>
135
136</sect1>
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