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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>

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

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

<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/stage1 --with-curses</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Compile the program:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Check that it works correctly:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make tests</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Then install it and its documentation:</para>

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

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

<para><screen><userinput>ln -s bash /stage1/bin/sh</userinput></screen></para>

</sect2>