Details on this package are located in Section 6.37.2, “Contents of Bash.”
The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.
Approximate build time: 1.2 SBU
Required disk space: 27 MB
Bash installation depends on: Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed.
Prepare Bash for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/tools --without-bash-malloc
The meaning of the configure option:
This options turns off the use of Bash's memory allocation (malloc) function which is known to cause segmentation faults. By turning this option off, Bash will use the malloc functions from Glibc which are more stable.
Compile the package:
make
To test the results, issue: make tests.
Install the package:
make install
Make a link for the programs that use sh for a shell:
ln -s bash /tools/bin/sh
Details on this package are located in Section 6.37.2, “Contents of Bash.”