Re: Bash-5.0 Official patch 7

[Dennis Clarke]

On 4/22/19 1:01 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:54:28PM -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > I see these are all published in the gnu ftp server :
> >
> >      https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-5.0-patches/
> >
> > So I will try again from the sources but am curious if there is a definitive
> > list of dependencies that bash 5.0.7 will need/want ?
>
> The same as bash 5.0.  The INSTALL file in the top level directory
> of the source tree is probably the closest to a "definitive list".
> These patches are extremely small and do not change the build procedure
> or the tools required.
>
> Perhaps whoever packages bash for your operating system (if you're on some
> form of BSD or Linux) has already done whatever work you're trying to do,
> in terms of identifying the tools and resources necessary to build bash
> on your operating system.
>
> If you're on a commercial Unix, you're typically on your own.  The error
> messages you get during ./configure and during the build should be
> enough to point the way to anything you're missing, but will obviously
> not point out the things you've already got.

I don't think bash 5 has hit Debian sid yet. As for "commercial" UNIX
like Solaris, well, that platform is on life support and a nightmare to
deal with. So no sense in wasting time there anymore.

Dennis