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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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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 | <sect1 id="ch-system-bash" role="wrap">
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7 | <title>Bash-&bash-version;</title>
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8 | <?dbhtml filename="bash.html"?>
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9 |
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10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash"><primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary></indexterm>
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11 |
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12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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13 | <para>The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para>
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14 |
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15 | <segmentedlist>
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16 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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17 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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18 | <seglistitem><seg>1.2 SBU</seg><seg>20.6 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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19 | </segmentedlist>
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20 |
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21 | <segmentedlist>
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22 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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23 | <seglistitem><seg>Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk,
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24 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed.</seg></seglistitem>
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25 | </segmentedlist>
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26 | </sect2>
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27 |
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28 | <sect2 role="installation">
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29 | <title>Installation of Bash</title>
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30 |
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31 | <!-- Edit Me -->
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32 | <para>The following patch fixes various issues, including a problem where Bash
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33 | will sometimes only show 33 characters on a line, then wrap to the next:</para>
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34 |
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35 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../bash-&bash-version;-fixes-3.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>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
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48 |
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49 | <variablelist>
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50 | <varlistentry>
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51 | <term><parameter>--with-installed-readline</parameter></term>
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52 | <listitem><para>This options tells Bash to use the
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53 | <filename class="libraryfile">readline</filename> library that is already installed
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54 | on the system rather than using its own readline version.</para></listitem>
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55 | </varlistentry>
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56 | </variablelist>
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57 |
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58 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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59 |
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60 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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61 |
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62 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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63 | <userinput>make tests</userinput>.</para>
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64 |
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65 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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66 |
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67 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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68 |
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69 | <para>Run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program (replacing the one that is
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70 | currently being executed):</para>
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71 |
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72 | <screen><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
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73 |
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74 | <note><para>The parameters used make the <command>bash</command>
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75 | process an interactive login shell and continue to disable hashing so
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76 | that new programs are found as they become available.</para></note>
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77 |
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78 | </sect2>
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79 |
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80 |
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81 | <sect2 id="contents-bash" role="content"><title>Contents of Bash</title>
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82 |
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83 | <segmentedlist>
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84 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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85 | <seglistitem><seg>bash, bashbug, and sh (link to bash)</seg></seglistitem>
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86 | </segmentedlist>
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87 |
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88 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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89 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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90 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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91 |
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92 | <varlistentry id="bash">
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93 | <term><command>bash</command></term>
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94 | <listitem>
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95 | <para>A widely-used command interpreter; it performs many types of
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96 | expansions and substitutions on a given command line before executing
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97 | it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool</para>
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98 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash"><primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary></indexterm>
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99 | </listitem>
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100 | </varlistentry>
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101 |
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102 | <varlistentry id="bashbug">
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103 | <term><command>bashbug</command></term>
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104 | <listitem>
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105 | <para>A shell script to help the user compose and mail standard formatted bug
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106 | reports concerning <command>bash</command></para>
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107 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug"><primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary></indexterm>
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108 | </listitem>
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109 | </varlistentry>
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110 |
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111 | <varlistentry id="sh">
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112 | <term><command>sh</command></term>
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113 | <listitem>
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114 | <para>A symlink to the <command>bash</command> program; when invoked
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115 | as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the
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116 | startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as
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117 | closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as well</para>
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118 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh"><primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary></indexterm>
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119 | </listitem>
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120 | </varlistentry>
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121 | </variablelist>
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122 |
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123 | </sect2>
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124 |
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125 | </sect1>
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126 |
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