Details on this package are located in Section 6.27.2, “Contents of Bash.”
The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.
Upstream developers have fixed several issues since the initial release of Bash-3.1. Apply those fixes:
patch -Np1 -i ../bash-3.1-fixes-8.patch
Prepare Bash for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/tools --without-bash-malloc
The meaning of the configure option:
This option turns off the use of Bash's memory allocation (malloc) function which is known to cause segmentation faults. By turning this option off, Bash will use the malloc functions from Glibc which are more stable.
Compile the package:
make
To test the results, issue: make tests.
Install the package:
make install
Make a link for the programs that use sh for a shell:
ln -vs bash /tools/bin/sh
Details on this package are located in Section 6.27.2, “Contents of Bash.”