Zirconium Linux From Scratch - Version r12.4-45-systemd

Chapter 3. Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

Bash-5.3

The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again Shell.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU
Required disk space: 72 MB
SHA256 Checksum: 0d5cd86965f869a26cf64f4b71be7b96f90a3ba8b3d74e27e8e9d9d5550f31ba

Installation of Bash

Prepare Bash for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr                      \
            --build=$(sh support/config.guess) \
            --host=$LFS_TGT                    \
            --without-bash-malloc

The meaning of the configure options:

--without-bash-malloc

This option turns off the use of Bash's memory allocation (malloc) function which is known to cause segmentation faults. By turning this option off, Bash will use the malloc functions from Glibc which are more stable.

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make DESTDIR=$LFS install

Make a link for the programs that use sh for a shell:

ln -sv bash $LFS/bin/sh

Details on this package are located in the section called “Contents of Bash.”