Author: dnicholson
Date: 2007-03-23 17:46:10 -0600 (Fri, 23 Mar 2007)
New Revision: 6686
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/shells/dash.xml
Log:
Bug fix patch + optional /bin/sh symlink for Dash
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-03-23 15:28:50 UTC
(rev 6685)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-03-23 23:46:10 UTC
(rev 6686)
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
<para>March 23rd, 2007</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[dnicholson] - Added a patch with upstream fixes for Dash and
+ an optional command for replacing /bin/sh.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[randy] - Updated to Apache Ant-1.7.0.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/shells/dash.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/shells/dash.xml 2007-03-23 15:28:50 UTC (rev 6685)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/shells/dash.xml 2007-03-23 23:46:10 UTC (rev 6686)
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
- <!ENTITY dash-download-http
"http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dash/dash_0.5.3.orig.tar.gz";>
- <!ENTITY dash-download-ftp " ">
+ <!ENTITY dash-download-http
"http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/files/dash-&dash-version;.tar.gz";>
+ <!ENTITY dash-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dash/dash_&dash-version;.orig.tar.gz";>
<!ENTITY dash-md5sum "1a3cd6669459be4344ec55ec9d4914f8">
<!ENTITY dash-size "200 KB">
<!ENTITY dash-buildsize "1.8 MB">
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
+ <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Required Patch containing bug fixes from upstream: <ulink
+ url="&patch-root;/dash-&dash-version;-fixes-1.patch"/></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/dash"/></para>
@@ -72,15 +80,22 @@
<para>Install <application>Dash</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --bindir=/bin --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../dash-&dash-version;-fixes-1.patch
&&
+./configure --bindir=/bin --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
LC_ALL=C make</userinput></screen>
- <!-- <para>Need to include about the test suite.</para> -->
+ <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+ <para>If you would like to make <command>dash</command> the default
+ <command>sh</command>, recreate the <filename>/bin/sh</filename>
+ symlink as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -svf dash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
@@ -88,6 +103,11 @@
<para><parameter>--bindir=/bin</parameter>: This parameter places the
<command>dash</command> binary into the root filesystem.</para>
+
+ <para><command>LC_ALL=C make</command>: This ensures that the
+ <command>sort</command> command executed during the build process returns
+ the expected results.</para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
@@ -129,7 +149,7 @@
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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