Re: compiling BASH on windows without cygwin not possible

2010-03-27 Thread Chet Ramey
On 3/26/10 11:59 PM, Jim Michaels wrote: > bash 4.1 > XP Pro SP3 32-bit, > using MinGW compiler > > short description: > I have discovered that the installation method for BASH is actually recursive > in nature, if I am not mistaken, requiring BASH to install BASH. read the > first steps of th

Re: Built-in "test -x" fails for root on FreeBSD

2010-03-27 Thread Chet Ramey
On 3/27/10 1:47 AM, Johan Hattne wrote: > Bash Version: 4.1 > Patch Level: 2 > Release Status: release > > Description: > The bash built-in test command fails to correctly report executable > status for non-executable files when run by root on FreeBSD. On > FreeBSD, bash calls eaccess(2) t

Built-in "test -x" fails for root on FreeBSD

2010-03-27 Thread Johan Hattne
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i686 OS: freebsd7.2 Compiler: i686-gentoo-freebsd7.2-gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' - DCONF_OSTYPE='freebsd7.2' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-gentoo-freebsd7.2' - DCONF_VENDOR='gentoo' -DLOCALE

compiling BASH on windows without cygwin not possible

2010-03-27 Thread Jim Michaels
bash 4.1 XP Pro SP3 32-bit, using MinGW compiler short description: I have discovered that the installation method for BASH is actually recursive in nature, if I am not mistaken, requiring BASH to install BASH. read the first steps of the install. " 1. `cd' to the directory containing the so

Re: echo interrupted by SIGCHLD from a dying coprocess

2010-03-27 Thread Tomáš Trnka
(snip) > I think there's an easier way to do this. Try the attached patch and > see what you get. I was afraid such a global change might break something completely unrelated (since I'm not familiar with the architecture of bash). It does fix the problem, though; so I think it's okay... 2T s