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<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of Bash</title>

<para>Bash contains several known bugs. Fix these with the following
patch:</para>

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

<para>Now prepare Bash for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the program:</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>Then install it and its documentation:</para>

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

<para>And make a link for the programs that use <userinput>sh</userinput>
for a shell:</para>

<screen><userinput>ln -s bash /tools/bin/sh</userinput></screen>

</sect2>