source: chapter06/bash.xml@ 20549cb0

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<sect1 id="ch-tools-bash" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="bash.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>bash</productname>
    <productnumber>&bash-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&bash-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Bash-&bash-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-tools-bash">
    <primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary>
    <secondary>tools</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../chapter08/bash.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&bash-tmp-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&bash-tmp-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Bash</title>

    <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                   \
            --build=$(support/config.guess) \
            --host=$LFS_TGT                 \
            --without-bash-malloc</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-bash-malloc</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option turns off the use of Bash's memory allocation
          (<function>malloc</function>) function which is known to cause
          segmentation faults. By turning this option off, Bash will use
          the <function>malloc</function> functions from Glibc which are
          more stable.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$LFS install</userinput></screen>

    <para>Make a link for the programs that use <command>sh</command> for
    a shell:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sv bash $LFS/bin/sh</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title/>

    <para>Details on this package are located in
    <xref linkend="contents-bash" role="."/></para>

  </sect2>

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