id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
1962	Glibc fails to build using dash	Matthew Burgess	Matthew Burgess	"Ubuntu is now linking /bin/sh to /bin/dash rather than bash.  This causes the building of Glibc in chapter 5 to fail as detailed in the thread at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2007-February/032550.html.

It looks as though we've got 3 options:

1) Issue `make SHELL=/bin/bash' in chapter 5's Glibc
2) Document this requirement explicitly in the host requirements section.  If folks end up on lfs-support complaining that Glibc didn't build right and they're not using bash we just quote from Mr. Drepper!
3) Investigate exactly what is causing issues with Glibc's builds with dash.  Is it that Glibc is using bashisms or is it that Glibc is using valid POSIX syntax that dash doesn't handle correctly?

I personally prefer option 1 as it's a bit kinder to our users.  If we can avoid build breakage and having our users jump through hoops to get their shell changed from the system default, I think we should.  

I don't mind option 2 if that gets the group vote.

Option 3 may well end up at a dead end if the issue lies with Glibc as the upstream maintainers don't support building under any other shell than bash (see http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2930 and http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3266).  In this case, maybe someone would like to come up with a patch to the ./configure, FAQ and INSTALL files to explicitly document this requirement? :-)"	defect	closed	normal	6.2	Book	6.2	normal	fixed