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@@ -7,6 +7,41 @@ Estimated required disk space: &bash-compsize;</screen>
&aa-bash-shortdesc;
&aa-bash-dep;
-&c6-bash-inst;
+
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<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>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
+checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
+following command will do so:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make tests</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>And reload the newly compiled <userinput>bash</userinput> program:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
+
+</sect2>
</sect1>
+