From: steve@eowyn.gte.com (Steve Preston) Subject: Re: Compiling bash, problems. Date: 14 Feb 1993 23:02:01 GMT
>>>>> In article <STEVE.93Feb13193753@eowyn.gte.com>, steve@eowyn.gte.com (Steve Preston) writes:
> I just put linux on my machine, using the SLS release. I wanted to
> compile bash, with a patch of my own that I use on other machines.
> According to the FAQ of 15 January 1993, in part3:
> QUESTION: What kind of shell is /bin/sh ?
>
> ANSWER: It's the Bourne Again Shell, bash-1.12.3 and
> compilation was straightforward, just "make"
> that's all or nearly.
> Well, I tried just "make", and it didn't work.
> [ other stuff deleted ]
Well, I got bash to compile, but it required making changes (all of
them involving #if's) to 6 files. It all appears to work fine, but
the compiled bash is about 50% bigger than the one that comes with
SLS.
They are both bash-1.12, so I'm wondering why the new one is so much
bigger. Anybody know?