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authorJari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>1998-07-23 14:37:54 +0000
committerJari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>2009-09-12 16:46:52 +0000
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@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ Platform-Specific Configuration and Operation Notes
1. configure --without-gnu-malloc on:
- alpha running OSF/1
- alpha running Linux
+ alpha running OSF/1, Linux, or NetBSD (malloc needs 8-byte alignment;
+ bash malloc has 8-byte alignment now, but I have no alphas to test on)
next running NeXT/OS
- all machines running SunOS YP code: SunOS4, SunOS5, HP/UX
+ all machines running SunOS YP code: SunOS4, SunOS5, HP/UX, if you
+ have problems with username completion or tilde expansion for
+ usernames found via YP/NIS
linux (optional, but don't do it if you're using Doug Lea's malloc)
@@ -19,16 +21,18 @@ Platform-Specific Configuration and Operation Notes
DG/UX
Cray
- NetBSD/sparc (malloc needs 8-byte alignment; GNU malloc has 4-byte)
+ NetBSD/sparc (malloc needs 8-byte alignment; bash malloc has 8-byte
+ alignment now, but I have no NetBSD machines to test on)
- BSD/OS 2.1 if you want to use loadable builtins
+ BSD/OS 2.1, 3.x if you want to use loadable builtins
If you are using GNU libc, especially on a linux system
(Configuring --without-gnu-malloc will still result in lib/malloc/libmalloc.a
being built and linked against, but there is only a stub file in the archive.)
-2. configure using shlicc on BSD/OS 2.1 to use loadable builtins
+2. Configure using shlicc2 on BSD/OS 2.1 and BSD/OS 3.x to use loadable
+ builtins
3. Bash cannot be built in a directory separate from the source directory
using configure --srcdir=... unless the version of `make' you're using
@@ -44,8 +48,8 @@ being built and linked against, but there is only a stub file in the archive.)
fixes the problem.
5. There is a problem with Red Hat Linux's `makewhatis' script.
- Running `makewhatis' with bash-2.0 results in error messages
- like this:
+ Running `makewhatis' with bash-2.0 or later versions results
+ in error messages like this:
/usr/sbin/makewhatis: cd: manpath: No such file or directory
/usr/sbin/makewhatis: manpath/whatis: No such file or directory