chapter06/bash.xml

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   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-bash" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="bash.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>bash</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&bash-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&bash-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Bash-&bash-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para>
  27
  28     <segmentedlist>
  29       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  30       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  31
  32       <seglistitem>
  33         <seg>&bash-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  34         <seg>&bash-ch6-du;</seg>
  35       </seglistitem>
  36     </segmentedlist>
  37
  38   </sect2>
  39
  40   <sect2 role="installation">
  41     <title>Installation of Bash</title>
  42
  43     <para>First, apply the following patch to fix various bugs that have been
  44     addressed upstream:</para>
  45
  46 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
  47
  48     <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
  49
  50 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
  51     --htmldir=/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version; --without-bash-malloc \
  52     --with-installed-readline</userinput></screen>
  53
  54     <variablelist>
  55       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
  56
  57       <varlistentry>
  58         <term><parameter>--htmldir</parameter></term>
  59         <listitem>
  60           <para>This option designates the directory into which HTML formatted
  61           documentation will be installed.</para>
  62         </listitem>
  63       </varlistentry>
  64       <varlistentry>
  65         <term><parameter>--with-installed-readline</parameter></term>
  66         <listitem>
  67           <para>This option tells Bash to use the <filename
  68           class="libraryfile">readline</filename> library that is already
  69           installed on the system rather than using its own readline
  70           version.</para>
  71         </listitem>
  72       </varlistentry>
  73
  74     </variablelist>
  75
  76     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  77
  78 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  79
  80     <para>Skip down to <quote>Install the
  81     package</quote> if not running the test suite.</para>
  82
  83     <para>To prepare the tests, ensure that the <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user can write to the sources tree:</para>
  84
  85 <screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody .</userinput></screen>
  86
  87     <para>Now, run the tests as the <systemitem
  88     class="username">nobody</systemitem> user:</para>
  89
  90 <screen><userinput remap="test">su-tools nobody -s /bin/bash -c "make tests"</userinput></screen>
  91
  92     <para>Install the package:</para>
  93
  94 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  95
  96     <para>Run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program (replacing the one that is
  97     currently being executed):</para>
  98
  99 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
 100
 101     <note>
 102       <para>The parameters used make the <command>bash</command>
 103       process an interactive login shell and continue to disable hashing so
 104       that new programs are found as they become available.</para>
 105     </note>
 106
 107   </sect2>
 108
 109   <sect2 id="contents-bash" role="content">
 110     <title>Contents of Bash</title>
 111
 112     <segmentedlist>
 113       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
 114       <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
 115
 116       <seglistitem>
 117         <seg>bash, bashbug, and sh (link to bash)</seg>
 118         <seg>/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version;</seg>
 119       </seglistitem>
 120     </segmentedlist>
 121
 122     <variablelist>
 123       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
 124       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
 125       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 126
 127       <varlistentry id="bash">
 128         <term><command>bash</command></term>
 129         <listitem>
 130           <para>A widely-used command interpreter; it performs many types of
 131           expansions and substitutions on a given command line before executing
 132           it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool</para>
 133           <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash">
 134             <primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary>
 135           </indexterm>
 136         </listitem>
 137       </varlistentry>
 138
 139       <varlistentry id="bashbug">
 140         <term><command>bashbug</command></term>
 141         <listitem>
 142           <para>A shell script to help the user compose and mail standard
 143           formatted bug reports concerning <command>bash</command></para>
 144           <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug">
 145             <primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary>
 146           </indexterm>
 147         </listitem>
 148       </varlistentry>
 149
 150       <varlistentry id="sh">
 151         <term><command>sh</command></term>
 152         <listitem>
 153           <para>A symlink to the <command>bash</command> program; when invoked
 154           as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the
 155           startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as
 156           closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as
 157           well</para>
 158           <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh">
 159             <primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary>
 160           </indexterm>
 161         </listitem>
 162       </varlistentry>
 163
 164     </variablelist>
 165
 166   </sect2>
 167
 168 </sect1>