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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 |