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Date:      Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:37:29 -0500
From:      Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Necessary code or trash?
Message-ID:  <20030829033728.GC9865@freshaire.wiz.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030828214523.GF29750@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <1671561231.20280829005225@mail.ru> <20030828213345.GD80772@christabel.starbreaker.net> <20030828213640.GI6312@freshaire.wiz.com> <20030828214523.GF29750@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 04:45:24PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Aug 28), Marc Wiz said:
> > Sticking with /bin/sh is a good idea.  
> > 
> > What I have done is build a static version of bash and put it /bin
> > 
> > I changed root's shell to /bin/bash and run just fine.
> > 
> > Has anyone noticed what a pain it is to build bash statically and
> > install it in /bin?
> 
> I don't use bash, but the bash2 port Makefile looks like it builds a
> static binary by default:
> 
> CONFIGURE_ENV=  LDFLAGS=-static

Thank you!

I think I discovered that after I finally built bash2.

The other problem I remember having was getting the silly thing to 
install in /bin instead of /usr/local/bin.  I'll just have to RTFM
on ports the next time I try it.

Marc
-- 
Marc Wiz
marc@wiz.com
Yes, that really is my last name.



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