-This README file is in -*- text -*- mode, because Emacs likes it that way.
+Introduction
+============
-This is GNU Bash, version 1.14. Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne
-Again SHell, an interactive shell with Bourne shell syntax (/bin/sh);
+This is GNU Bash, version 2.0. 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 history features and brace
-expansion, and a slew of other stuff. For more information on the
-features of Bash that are new to this type of shell, see the file
-`documentation/features.texi'. There is also a DVI file there, as
-well as a large man page.
+architectures that support it, csh-like features such as history
+substitution and brace expansion, and a slew of other features.
+For more information on the features of Bash that are new to this
+type of shell, see the file `doc/features.texi'. There is also a
+large man page. The manual page is the definitive description of
+the shell's features.
-To compile it, try typing `make'. Bash auto-configures the build
-process, so no intervention should be necessary. If you want to
-use gcc, type `make CC=gcc CPPNAME='$(CC) -E''.
+See the file CWRU/POSIX.NOTES for a discussion of how Bash differs
+from the POSIX.2 spec and a description of the Bash `posix mode'.
-You may want to read the file INSTALL in this directory for more
-information if the make fails.
+There are some user-visible incompatibilities between this version
+of Bash and the previous version, bash-1.14. For details, see the
+file COMPAT.
+
+Bash is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU Public
+License, version 2. For more information, see the file COPYING.
+
+To compile Bash, try typing `./configure', then `make'. Bash
+auto-configures the build process, so no further intervention
+should be necessary. Bash builds with `gcc' by default if it is
+available. If you want to use `cc' instead, type
+
+ CC=cc ./configure
+
+if you are using a Bourne-style shell. If you are not, the following
+may work:
+
+ env CC=cc ./configure
+
+Read the file INSTALL in this directory for more information about how
+to customize and control the build process. The file NOTES contains
+platform-specific installation and configuration information.
If you are a csh user and wish to convert your csh aliases to Bash
-aliases, you may wish to use the script in examples/alias-conv.sh
+aliases, you may wish to use the script `examples/misc/alias-conv.sh'
as a starting point.
-Bug reports for 1.14 should be sent to:
+Reporting Bugs
+==============
+
+Bug reports for 2.0 should be sent to:
bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu
using the `bashbug' program that is built and installed at the same
time as bash.
-The discussion list "bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu" often contains information
-about new ports of Bash, or discussions of new features or behavior
-changes that people would like. This mailing list is also available
-as a usenet newsgroup: gnu.bash.bug.
+The discussion list `bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu' often contains
+information about new ports of Bash, or discussions of new
+features or behavior changes that people would like. This
+mailing list is also available as a usenet newsgroup:
+gnu.bash.bug.
-When you send a bug report to bash-maintainers@prep.ai.mit.edu, please
-include:
+When you send a bug report to bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu, please include:
* the version number of Bash
* the machine and OS that it is running on (see .machine or .made)
+ * a list of the compilation flags or the contents of `config.h', if
+ appropriate
* a description of the bug
* a recipe for recreating the bug reliably
* a fix for the bug if you have one!
The `bashbug' program includes much of this automatically.
+If you would like to contact the Bash maintainers directly, send mail to
+bash-maintainers@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+
While the Bash maintainers do not promise to fix all bugs, we would
like this shell to be the best that we can make it.
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