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@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ compiler output (useful mainly for debugging `configure'). If at some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it. -If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try to -figure out how `configure' could check whether or not to do them, and -mail diffs or instructions to `bash-maintainers@prep.ai.mit.edu' so -they can be considered for the next release. +If you need to do unusual things to compile Bash, please try to figure +out how `configure' could check whether or not to do them, and mail +diffs or instructions to <bash-maintainers@gnu.org> so they can be +considered for the next release. The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program called Autoconf. You only need `configure.in' if you want to change it @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ this, make sure you are using Autoconf version 2.10 or newer. If you need to change `configure.in' or regenerate `configure', you will need to create two files: `_distribution' and `_patchlevel'. `_distribution' should contain the major and minor version numbers of -the Bash distribution, for example `2.02'. `_patchlevel' should -contain the patch level of the Bash distribution, `1' for example. The +the Bash distribution, for example `2.01'. `_patchlevel' should +contain the patch level of the Bash distribution, `0' for example. The script `support/mkconffiles' has been provided to automate the creation of these files. @@ -115,17 +115,17 @@ than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the option `--prefix=PATH'. You can specify separate installation prefixes for architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you -give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use -`PATH' as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. +give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', `make install' will +use `PATH' as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix. Specifying the System Type ========================== There may be some features `configure' can not figure out -automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package -will run on. Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints -a message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the +automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host Bash will run +on. Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a +message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the `--host=TYPE' option. `TYPE' can either be a short name for the system type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields: `CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM' (e.g., `sparc-sun-sunos4.1.2'). @@ -177,12 +177,11 @@ Optional Features ================= The Bash `configure' has a number of `--enable-FEATURE' options, where -FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package. There are also -several `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE is something like -`gnu-malloc' or `purify' (for the Purify memory allocation checker). To -turn off the default use of a package, use `--without-PACKAGE'. To -configure Bash without a feature that is enabled by default, use -`--disable-FEATURE'. +FEATURE indicates an optional part of Bash. There are also several +`--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE is something like `gnu-malloc' +or `purify'. To turn off the default use of a package, use +`--without-PACKAGE'. To configure Bash without a feature that is +enabled by default, use `--disable-FEATURE'. Here is a complete list of the `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the Bash `configure' recognizes. @@ -212,6 +211,11 @@ the Bash `configure' recognizes. for which this should be turned off, and `configure' disables this option automatically for a number of systems. +`--with-installed-readline' + Define this to make bash link with a locally-installed version of + Readline rather than the version in lib/readline. This works only + with readline 4.0 and later versions. + `--with-purify' Define this to use the Purify memory allocation checker from Pure Software. @@ -241,16 +245,19 @@ does not provide the necessary support. `--enable-alias' Allow alias expansion and include the `alias' and `unalias' - builtins. + builtins (*note Aliases::.). `--enable-array-variables' - Include support for one-dimensional array shell variables. + Include support for one-dimensional array shell variables (*note + Arrays::.). `--enable-bang-history' - Include support for `csh'-like history substitution. + Include support for `csh'-like history substitution (*note History + Interaction::.). `--enable-brace-expansion' Include `csh'-like brace expansion ( `b{a,b}c' ==> `bac bbc' ). + See *Note Brace Expansion::, for a complete description. `--enable-command-timing' Include support for recognizing `time' as a reserved word and for @@ -259,11 +266,12 @@ does not provide the necessary support. be timed. `--enable-cond-command' - Include support for the `[[' conditional command. + Include support for the `[[' conditional command (*note + Conditional Constructs::.). `--enable-directory-stack' Include support for a `csh'-like directory stack and the `pushd', - `popd', and `dirs' builtins. + `popd', and `dirs' builtins (*note The Directory Stack::.). `--enable-disabled-builtins' Allow builtin commands to be invoked via `builtin xxx' even after @@ -272,7 +280,8 @@ does not provide the necessary support. commands. `--enable-dparen-arithmetic' - Include support for the `ksh' `((...))' command. + Include support for the `((...))' command (*note Conditional + Constructs::.). `--enable-extended-glob' Include support for the extended pattern matching features @@ -287,20 +296,22 @@ does not provide the necessary support. commands. `--enable-job-control' - This enables job control features, if the OS supports them. + This enables the job control features (*note Job Control::.), if + the operating system supports them. `--enable-process-substitution' This enables process substitution (*note Process Substitution::.) - if the OS provides the necessary support. + if the operating system provides the necessary support. `--enable-prompt-string-decoding' Turn on the interpretation of a number of backslash-escaped characters in the `$PS1', `$PS2', `$PS3', and `$PS4' prompt - strings. + strings. See *Note Printing a Prompt::, for a complete list of + prompt string escape sequences. `--enable-readline' Include support for command-line editing and history with the Bash - version of the Readline library. + version of the Readline library (*note Command Line Editing::.). `--enable-restricted' Include support for a "restricted shell". If this is enabled, @@ -308,8 +319,8 @@ does not provide the necessary support. The Restricted Shell::, for a description of restricted mode. `--enable-select' - Include the `ksh' `select' builtin, which allows the generation of - simple menus. + Include the `select' builtin, which allows the generation of simple + menus (*note Conditional Constructs::.). `--enable-usg-echo-default' Make the `echo' builtin expand backslash-escaped characters by |