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List:       bash-bug
Subject:    Re: compiling BASH on windows without cygwin not possible
From:       Eric Blake <eblake () redhat ! com>
Date:       2010-03-29 14:05:19
Message-ID: 4BB0B39F.8030701 () redhat ! com
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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 bootstrapped on windows is not true.  You can build it on
another machine, using a cross-compiler, then copy the resulting
executable over.  And since bash is not the only shell that has been
ported to windows, you could start your bash-on-windows build by
installing another ported shell instead of bash.

> 
> windows does not come with any such sh shell.  and I need to be able to build one from scratch.

You can obtain bash pre-built for windows by going to cygwin.com.

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Eric Blake   eblake@redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
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