Changeset 5cce404 for chapter05/bash-exp.xml

Timestamp:

09/05/2001 05:47:33 PM (23 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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Message:

added notes to install ncurses properly on host distro (it's required
for texinfo to be compiled properly). Added --with-curses to bash's
configure again like previously done. This now functions as a test to
make sure the libraries are setup properly (ie; that symlink created and
such)

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1181 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter05/bash-exp.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter05/bash-exp.xml

@@ -17 +17 @@
 execute the boot scripts without a shell for instance).</para>
 
+<para><userinput>--with-curses:</userinput> This causes Bash to be 
+linked against the curses library instead of the default termcap 
+library which is becoming obsolete.</para>
+
+<para>It is not strictly necessary for the static bash to be linked
+against libncurses (it can link against a static termap for the time
+being just fine because we will reinstall Bash in chapter 6 anyways,
+where we will use libncurses), but it's a good test to make sure that
+the ncurses package has been installed properly. If not, you will get in
+trouble later on in this chapter when you install the Texinfo package.
+That package requires ncurses and termcap can't reliably be used
+there.</para>
+
 <para><userinput>ln -sf bash sh:</userinput> This command creates the sh
 symlink that points to bash. Most scripts run themselves via 'sh'