1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE section [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng"
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7 | xml:id="ch-system-bash" xreflabel="Bash" role="wrap">
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8 | <info><title>Bash-&bash-version;</title></info>
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="bash.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash"><primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary></indexterm>
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12 |
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13 | <section role="package"><info><title/></info>
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14 | <para>The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para>
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15 |
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16 | <segmentedlist>
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17 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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18 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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19 | <seglistitem><seg>1.2 SBU</seg><seg>27 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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20 | </segmentedlist>
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21 |
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22 | <segmentedlist>
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23 | <segtitle>Bash installation depends on</segtitle>
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24 | <seglistitem><seg>Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk,
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25 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed.</seg></seglistitem>
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26 | </segmentedlist>
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27 | </section>
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28 |
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29 | <section role="installation">
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30 | <info><title>Installation of Bash</title></info>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The following patch fixes various issues. Including a problem where Bash
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33 | sometimes will only show 33 characters on a line and then wraps to the next line.</para>
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34 |
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35 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../bash-&bash-version;-fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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36 |
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37 | <para>Bash also has issues when compiled against newer versions of glibc. The
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38 | following patch resolves this problem:</para>
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39 |
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40 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../bash-&bash-version;-avoid_WCONTINUED-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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41 |
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42 | <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
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43 |
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44 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
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45 | --without-bash-malloc --with-installed-readline</userinput></screen>
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46 |
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47 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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48 |
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49 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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50 |
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51 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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52 | <userinput>make tests</userinput>.</para>
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53 |
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54 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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55 |
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56 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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57 |
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58 | <para>Now run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program (replacing the one you are currently executing):</para>
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59 |
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60 | <screen><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
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61 |
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62 | <note><para>The parameters used make it an interactive login instance
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63 | (so <filename>/etc/profile</filename> is read, if it exists, and the first found
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64 | <filename>~/.bash_profile</filename>, <filename>~/.bash_login</filename> or
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65 | and <filename>~/.profile</filename>) and continue to
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66 | disable hashing so that new programs are found as they become
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67 | available.</para></note>
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68 |
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69 | </section>
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70 |
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71 |
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72 | <section xml:id="contents-bash" role="content"><info><title>Contents of Bash</title></info>
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73 |
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74 | <segmentedlist>
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75 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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76 | <seglistitem><seg>bash, sh (link to bash) and bashbug</seg></seglistitem>
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77 | </segmentedlist>
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78 |
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79 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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80 |
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81 | <varlistentry xml:id="bash">
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82 | <term><command>bash</command></term>
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83 | <listitem>
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84 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash"><primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary></indexterm>
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85 | <para>is a widely-used command interpreter. It
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86 | performs many kinds of expansions and substitutions on a given command line
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87 | before executing it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool.</para>
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88 | </listitem>
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89 | </varlistentry>
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90 |
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91 | <varlistentry xml:id="bashbug">
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92 | <term><command>bashbug</command></term>
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93 | <listitem>
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94 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug"><primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary></indexterm>
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95 | <para>is a shell script to help the user
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96 | compose and mail bug reports concerning <command>bash</command> in a standard format.</para>
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97 | </listitem>
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98 | </varlistentry>
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99 |
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100 | <varlistentry xml:id="sh">
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101 | <term><command>sh</command></term>
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102 | <listitem>
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103 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh"><primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary></indexterm>
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104 | <para>is a symlink to the bash program. When invoked
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105 | as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the
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106 | startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as
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107 | closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as well.</para>
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108 | </listitem>
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109 | </varlistentry>
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110 | </variablelist>
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111 |
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112 | </section>
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113 |
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114 | </section>
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