From: Daniel47@teranews,com   
      
   On 29/09/14 22:48, Markus R. Keßler wrote:   
   > Markus R. Keßler wrote:   
   >   
   >> just jump to   
   >>   
   >> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/   
   >>   
   >> I used midnightcommander, mc to download because there are many patch   
   >> files to download, and so I could just "mark" and copy what I needed.   
   >>   
   >> For the latest bash you need   
   >>   
   >> - bash-4.3.tar.gz   
   >> - the whole bash-4.3-patches tree   
   >>   
   >> I created a working dir (/tmp/src), put both file and dir there,   
   >> unpacked the tar.gz from there and jumped into /tmp/src/bash-4.3   
   >>   
   >> There I applied all patches:   
   >>   
   >> for i in `ls ../bash-4.3-patches/bash43-0??` ; do   
   >>      echo "$i:" ; patch -p0 < $i ;   
   >> done   
   >   
   >>>>   
   >   
   > Sorry, some lines missing --   
   > the source has to be compiled, of course :-)   
   >   
   > ./configure   
   > make   
   >   
   > <<<   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Then I replaced the bash currently in use with the new one. This was a   
   >> little tricky:   
   >>   
   >> - /etc/passwd, entry for root: /bin/bash ==> /bin/dash   
   >> - init 3 (kill X.11)   
   >> - log off (from bash) and on (into dash) under root   
   >> - verify with lsof | grep /bin/bash that not in use   
   >> - replace /bin/bash with patched one (chown, chmod correctly)   
   >> - undo /etc/passwd modification (dash ==> bash)   
   >> - init 5   
   >> - log off from dash, log on into bash   
   >>   
   >> Best regards,   
   >>   
   >> Markus   
   >>   
   >   
   Thanks for this alternative method of upgrade, Markus. Guess I have a   
   bit of reading in front of me (./configure?? make??)   
      
   Of course, I might actually get my MG4 connecting to the Internet soon,   
   so that might make things easier!!   
      
   Daniel   
      
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