Re: [Help-bash] How to download the latest bash?

[Geir Hauge]

2013/6/25 Greg Wooledge <address@hidden>

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 02:56:43AM -0500, Peng Yu wrote:
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.2-patches/

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:59:51AM +0200, Geir Hauge wrote:
>   git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/bash.git
>   cd bash
>   ./configure # etc...

While it may be possible to extract the bash 4.2.x stable release code out
of the Git repository, you definitely haven't shown the steps necessary
to do so.

Lacking any evidence to the contrary, I would assume that Peng Yu wanted
the latest *stable* release, not the development code.

After cloning it checks out the master branch by default, which contains the source code for the latest stable release; currently 4.2.45. To build the devel version, you have to specifically checkout the devel branch first.  

git checkout devel  

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Geir Hauge