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- This README file is in -*- text -*- mode, because Emacs likes it that way.
-
- [Skunkware 5.0 Note - The Bash source is being distributed as a gzip'd
- tar file. To extract, issue the command :
- $ gzcat /usr/skunk/src/Tools/bash-1.14.4/bash-1.14.4.tar.gz | tar xf -
- after having cd'd into a writeable empty directory of your choice.
- The uncompressed extracted source occupies nearly 15 Mb. ]
-
- This is GNU Bash, version 1.14. Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne
- Again SHell, an interactive shell with Bourne shell syntax (/bin/sh);
- but also with interactive command line editing, job control on
- architectures that support it, Csh-like history features and brace
- expansion, and a slew of other stuff. For more information on the
- features of Bash that are new to this type of shell, see the file
- `documentation/features.texi'. There is also a DVI file there, as
- well as a large man page.
-
- To compile it, try typing `make'. Bash auto-configures the build
- process, so no intervention should be necessary. If you want to
- use gcc, type `make CC=gcc CPPNAME='$(CC) -E''.
-
- You may want to read the file INSTALL in this directory for more
- information if the make fails.
-
- If you are a csh user and wish to convert your csh aliases to Bash
- aliases, you may wish to use the script in examples/alias-conv.sh
- as a starting point.
-
- Bug reports for 1.14 should be sent to:
-
- bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu
-
- using the `bashbug' program that is built and installed at the same
- time as bash.
-
- The discussion list "bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu" often contains information
- about new ports of Bash, or discussions of new features or behavior
- changes that people would like. This mailing list is also available
- as a usenet newsgroup: gnu.bash.bug.
-
- When you send a bug report to bash-maintainers@prep.ai.mit.edu, please
- include:
-
- * the version number of Bash
- * the machine and OS that it is running on (see .machine or .made)
- * a description of the bug
- * a recipe for recreating the bug reliably
- * a fix for the bug if you have one!
-
- The `bashbug' program includes much of this automatically.
-
- While the Bash maintainers do not promise to fix all bugs, we would
- like this shell to be the best that we can make it.
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Chet Ramey
- chet@po.cwru.edu
-