How to compile bash? I did small modifications to the code I got from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.2.tar.gz. I want to see those changes. Can anyone please point to me simple steps to compile bash?
You can first run
cd bash-4.2
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--bindir=/bin \
--htmldir=/usr/share/doc/bash-4.2 \
--without-bash-malloc \
--with-installed-readline
make
make install
Also refer http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter06/bash.html for more information
The simplest way to compile Bash is:
cd to the directory containing the source code and type ./configure to configure Bash for your system. If you're using csh on an old version of System V, you might need to type sh ./configure instead to prevent csh from trying to execute configure itself.
Running configure takes some time. While running, it prints messages telling which features it is checking for.
like
/bash-4.2$ ./configure
Type make to compile Bash and build the bashbug bug reporting script.
/bash-4.2$ make
Optionally, type make tests to run the Bash test suite.
/bash-4.2$ make tests
Type make install to install bash and bashbug. This will also install the manual pages and Info file.
/bash-4.2$ make install
The configure shell script attempts to guess correct values for various system-dependent variables used during compilation.