Re: compiling BASH on windows without cygwin not possible

2010-03-29 Thread Eric Blake
On 03/26/2010 09:59 PM, Jim Michaels wrote: > configure is a BASH script. Am I not correct in stating that BASH requires > BASH to install? No. Bash requires a quasi-POSIX-conformant shell to be built, but can be installed without the use of such a shell. Your complaint that bash cannot be boo

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

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