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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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="a">If you downloaded the Bash documentation tarball and wish to
28    install HTML documentation, issue the following commands:</para>
29
30<screen os="b"><userinput>tar -xvf ../bash-doc-&bash-doc-version;.tar.gz</userinput></screen>
31
32   <para os="c">When bash is cross-compiled, it cannot test for the presence
33    of named pipes. If you used <command>su</command> to become an unprivileged
34    user, this combination will cause Bash to build without <emphasis>process
35    substitution</emphasis>.</para>
36
37    <screen os="d"><userinput>echo "bash_cv_sys_named_pipes=yes" >> config.cache</userinput></screen>
38
39<para os="e">Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
40
41<screen os="f"><userinput>./configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
42    --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --cache-file=config.cache \
43    --without-bash-malloc --with-installed-readline</userinput></screen>
44
45    <variablelist os="g">
46      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
47
48      <varlistentry>
49        <term><parameter>--with-installed-readline</parameter></term>
50        <listitem>
51          <para>This option tells Bash to use the
52          <filename class="libraryfile">readline</filename> library that is
53          already installed on the system rather than using its own readline
54          version.</para>
55        </listitem>
56      </varlistentry>
57    </variablelist>
58
59    <para os="h">Compile the package:</para>
60
61<screen os="i"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
62
63    <para os="j">Install the package:</para>
64
65<screen os="k"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} htmldir=/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version; install</userinput></screen>
66
67    <para os="l">Create /bin/sh:</para>
68
69<screen os="m"><userinput>ln -sv bash ${CLFS}/bin/sh</userinput></screen>
70
71  </sect2>
72
73  <sect2 id="contents-bash" role="content">
74    <title>Contents of Bash</title>
75
76    <segmentedlist>
77      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
78
79      <seglistitem>
80        <seg>bash, bashbug, and sh (link to bash)</seg>
81      </seglistitem>
82    </segmentedlist>
83
84    <variablelist>
85      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
86      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
87      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
88
89      <varlistentry id="bash">
90        <term><command>bash</command></term>
91        <listitem>
92          <para>A widely-used command interpreter; it performs many types of
93          expansions and substitutions on a given command line before executing
94          it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool</para>
95          <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash">
96            <primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary>
97          </indexterm>
98        </listitem>
99      </varlistentry>
100
101      <varlistentry id="bashbug">
102        <term><command>bashbug</command></term>
103        <listitem>
104          <para>A shell script to help the user compose and mail standard
105          formatted bug reports concerning <command>bash</command></para>
106          <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug">
107            <primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary>
108          </indexterm>
109        </listitem>
110      </varlistentry>
111
112      <varlistentry id="sh">
113        <term><command>sh</command></term>
114        <listitem>
115          <para>A symlink to the <command>bash</command> program; when invoked
116          as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the
117          startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as
118          closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as
119          well</para>
120          <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh">
121            <primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary>
122          </indexterm>
123        </listitem>
124      </varlistentry>
125
126    </variablelist>
127
128  </sect2>
129
130</sect1>
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