This is a port of GNU Bash 4.1.17 to MSDOS/DJGPP.

  This package contains GNU implementation of sed, the Unix stream editor.
  This is GNU Bash.  Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell, a complete
  implementation of the POSIX.2 shell spec, but also with interactive command
  line editing, job control on architectures that support it, csh-like features
  such as history substitution and brace expansion, and a slew of other features.



1.:     DJGPP specific changes.
        =======================

      - This port has been configured to be build in the "0build" directory.
      - The port has been configured and compiled on WinXP SP3 and Win98SE.
        There is absolute no guarantee that this may be possible with any other
        DOS-like OS.  Due to the use of long file names it will not be possible
        to configure and compile without LFN support.
      - This version of the port has been compiled using gcc346 and bnu2351b.
      - This version of the port will support the generation of 8+3 valid
        temporary file names if only SFN support is available.
      - The port provides its own pipe emulation that will also work on plain
        DOS.
      - You will need LFN support to configure and compile the source package.
        I have no plans to support SFN systems to build the sed binaries.
      - This port provides no NLS support for the version compiled with djdev205.
        It has been configured with NLS support disabled by passing the no-nls
        flag as argument to config.bat.  If you prefer NLS support you will have
        to reconfigure the sources omitting the no-nls flag when calling config.bat.

        As usual, all djgpp specific files (config.bat, diffs, readme files,
        etc.) are located in the djgpp subdir.

        For further information about GNU Bash please read the info docs and NEWS file.


2.:     Installing the binary package.
        ==============================

2.1.:   Copy the binary distribution into the top DJGPP installation directory
        and unzip it running *ONE* of the following commands:
          unzip32 bsh4117br4.zip      or
          djtarx bsh4117br4.zip       or
          pkunzip -d bsh4117br4.zip

2.2.:   If there is no entry for the sed info docs in your dir file, located
        info directory, create one running the command:
          install-info --info-dir=/dev/env/DJDIR/info /dev/env/DJDIR/info/bash.info


3.:     Building the binaries from sources.
        ===================================

3.1.:   Create a temporary directory and copy the source package into the
        directory.  If you download the source distribution from one of the
        DJGPP sites, just unzip it preserving the directory structure
        running *ONE* of the following commands:
          unzip32 bsh4117sr4.zip      or
          djtarx bsh4117sr4.zip       or
          pkunzip -d bsh4117sr4.zip

3.2.:   To build the binaries you will need the following binary packages:
          djdev205.zip (or a later but NOT a prior version)
          bsh205bbr3.zip (or a later but NOT a prior version)
          gccNNNb.zip, gppNNN.zip, bnuNNNb.zip, makNNNb.zip, filNNNb.zip,
          shlNNNb.zip, txtNNNb.zip, txiNNNb.zip, grepNNNb.zip, sedNNNb.zip,
          pcreNNNb.zip, mktmpNNb.zip and gwkNNNb.zip.

        If you want to configure and compile this packages with NLS support
        enabled you must install licvNNNb.zip, lunsNNNb.zip and gtxNNNNb.zip.

        If you want to run the check you will need also:
          difNNNb.zip and mktmpNNNb.zip

        NNN represents the latest version number of the binary packages.  All
        this packages can be found in the /v2gnu directory of any
        ftp.delorie.com mirror.
        You will need bsh205bbr3.zip or later and *NOT* a prior version or
        the build will fail.  The same applies to djdev205.zip.

3.3.:   The package has been configured to be build in a separate build directory
        under the top srcdir (aka bash-4.1.17).  To build the binaries cd
        into "0build" directory.  If for some reason you want to reconfigure the
        package cd into the build directory and run the following commands:
          del config.cache
          make clean
          ..\djgpp\config ./..

        Please note that you _must_ delete the config.cache file in the "0build"
        directory or you will not really reconfigure the sources because the
        configuration informations will be read from the cache file instead
        of being newly computed.

        config.bat, among other things, will start the configure script passing
        to it a couple of arguments.  You can control these argument passing the
        following command line arguments to config.bat:
          nls or no-nls, default nls.  NLS support enabled.
          cache or no-cache, default cache.  Cache in build directory.
          dep or no-dep, default no-dep.  No dependency tracking.
          silent or no-silent, default silent.  Controls the verbosity of the
                                                build process.
          malloc or no-malloc, default malloc.  Use bash's own malloc support.
          dbg or no-dbg, default dbg.  Enable special bash debugger support.
        All other configure specific options are not set by config.bat so their
        values are left as they are.  If no arguments are passed to config.bat
        then the default values are used.


        To build the programs in a directory other than where the sources are,
        you must add the parameter that specifies the source directory,
        e.g:
          x:\src\gnu\bash-4.1.17\djgpp\config x:/src/gnu/bash-4.1.17

        Lets assume you want to build the binaries in a directory placed on a
        different drive (z:\build in this case) from where the sources are,
        then you will run the following commands:
          z:
          md \build
          cd \build
          x:\src\gnu\bash-4.1.17\djgpp\config x:/src/gnu/bash-4.1.17

        The order of the options and the srcdir option does not matter.  You
        _must_ use forward slashes to specify the source directory.

        The batch file will set same environment variables, make MSDOS specific
        modifications to the Makefile.in's and supply all other needed options
        to the configure script.

3.4.:   To compile the package run from the directory where you have configured
        the sources the command:
          make

3.5.:   The testsuite is completely POSIX centric and will not work on DOS.
        The port must be tested by using it.

3.6.:   To install the binaries and info docs run the following command from
        the directory where you have configured the sources:
          make install

        This will install the products into your DJGPP installation tree given
        by the default prefix "/dev/env/DJDIR".  If you prefer to install them
        into some other directory you will have to set prefix to the appropriate
        value:
          make install prefix=z:/some/other/place



        Send GNU Bash specific bug reports to <bug-bash@gnu.org>.
        Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port
        to comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp@delorie.com>.


Enjoy.

          Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan.guerrero@gmx.de>
