Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:49:56 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: which is the basic differences between the shells?
Message-ID:  <87wrubkz0r.fsf@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <20100606075751.6453f6ef@scorpio> (Jerry's message of "Sun, 6 Jun 2010 07:57:51 -0400")
References:  <AANLkTinG745GjOaZKLT1TfKgqVi6VHt9-ciHWQUY57VT@mail.gmail.com> <87k4qc5ryr.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20100606075751.6453f6ef@scorpio>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 07:57:51 -0400, Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:19:08 +0300
> Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> articulated:
>> You can always install bash with "pkg_add".  The default package is
>> not built as a static binary, but you can compile a static bash
>> binary from its port:
>>
>>     # cd /usr/ports/shells/bash
>>     # make WITH_STATIC_BASH=1 install clean
>
> I thought that was what this port was for:
>
> Port:   bash-static-4.1.5_2
> Path:   /usr/ports/shells/bash-static
> Info:   The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell

Yes, that's what bash-static enables.

I only mentioned WITH_STATIC_BASH because it's what I usually prefer to
avoid gettext/libintl.so troubles when portupgrade is still half-done
and I want to open a new screen window or xterm.




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?87wrubkz0r.fsf>