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- Hello world!
-
- This is part of Dave Gymer's (that's me!) GNU Bash 1.10 port; the
- following files have been posted:
-
- bash110s.zoo - shell source (as distributed) and documentation
- bash110b.zoo - shell binary
- bash110d.zoo - diffs for MiNT version
- readline.zoo - source for readline library
- glob.zoo - source for glob library
-
- Well, after many months of putting it off, I finally got round to porting
- a new version of GNU Bash. This is version 1.10; it's even newer than the
- one I use on Eunuchs!
-
- First, some warnings:
-
- YOU WILL NEED MiNT 0.9 TO RUN THIS. It is unlikely that it'll run under
- older versions. It will not run under TOS; don't even bother trying.
-
- IT'S GROWN! Bash 1.10 is about 50k larger than 1.05 (my last port).
-
- But don't be put off; if you're running MiNT you're probably a fanatic (like
- me) and have lots of memory and disk space.
-
- This port was done with GCC 1.39 and Eric Smith's MiNT library (mntlib)
- patchlevel 14. I wouldn't like to try it with any other setup (except, of
- course, a newer version of the GCC). I have the GNU glob and readline
- libraries installed as standard on my ST; source for these is posted
- sperately.
-
- Some things to watch out for:
-
- File extensions on executables are _not_ considered special; if you want to
- run `zoo.ttp', you must type `zoo.ttp' (but this is not really much trouble;
- you can type `zoo' and then just hit Tab to complete the name).
-
- Executables must have the X bit set; this means that binaries on TOS
- paritions _must_ have a .ttp (or .prg etc.) extension. Most of my hard
- drive is made of Minix partitions, so this isn't a problem for me.
-
- Most of bash's startup files begin with a period ('.'). The net result of
- this is that it's impractical to have a home directory on a TOS filesystem.
- This is different from 1.05, where Eric Smith changed the filenames; that
- was before the advent of Minix partitions for MiNT. If enough people want
- this changed, I guess it'd be easy enough to make this a compile-time option.
-
- Bug reports, patches, funny poems, and suggestions to
-
- dpg@Cs.Nott.AC.UK, or (if you can't get me that way)
- Dave Gymer, 42 St Mary's Park, Louth, Lincs, LN11 0EF, England
-
- -- `Grave' Dave.
- 09 Nov 91
-