lfs/chapter06/bash-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Bash</title>

<para>Bash has a number of bugs in it that cause it to not behave the 
way it is expected at times. Fix this behaviour with the following
patch:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../bash-&bash-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Prepare Bash to be compiled:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>

<para>And finish off installing the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Reload the newly compiled Bash:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login</userinput></screen></para>

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