source: chapter06/bash.xml@ fe05b08

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<sect1 id="ch-system-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-system-bash">
    <primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para>

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&bash-ch6-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&bash-ch6-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

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

    <para>Apply a patch that fixes several bugs reported and fixed by the upstream Bash maintainer:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>

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

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
    --htmldir=/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version; --without-bash-malloc \
    --with-installed-readline</userinput></screen>

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

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--htmldir</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option designates the directory into which HTML formatted
          documentation will be installed.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--with-installed-readline</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option tells Bash to use the <filename
          class="libraryfile">readline</filename> library that is already
          installed on the system rather than using its own readline
          version.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

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

    <para>Skip down to <quote>Install the
    package</quote> if not running the test suite.</para>

    <para>To prepare the tests, ensure that the <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user can write to the sources tree:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody .</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, run the tests as the <systemitem
    class="username">nobody</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="test">su-tools nobody -s /bin/bash -c "make tests"</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

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

    <para>Run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program (replacing the one that is
    currently being executed):</para>

<screen role="nodump"><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>The parameters used make the <command>bash</command>
      process an interactive login shell and continue to disable hashing so
      that new programs are found as they become available.</para>
    </note>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-bash" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Bash</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>bash, bashbug, and sh (link to bash)</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="bash">
        <term><command>bash</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A widely-used command interpreter; it performs many types of
          expansions and substitutions on a given command line before executing
          it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash">
            <primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="bashbug">
        <term><command>bashbug</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A shell script to help the user compose and mail standard
          formatted bug reports concerning <command>bash</command></para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug">
            <primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="sh">
        <term><command>sh</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A symlink to the <command>bash</command> program; when invoked
          as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the
          startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as
          closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as
          well</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh">
            <primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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