How to compile bash?

问题

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?

回答1:

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

回答2:

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.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21644870/how-to-compile-bash