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+# Template build file for 'bash'.
+pkgname=bash
+version=3.2
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/$pkgname-$version@.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--enable-readline --enable-progcomp
+ --enable-process-substitution --enable-job-control --enable-history
+ --enable-help-builtin --enable-extended-glob --enable-dparen-arithmetic
+ --enable-directory-stack --enable-debugger --enable-cond-regexp
+ --enable-alias --enable-brace-expansion --enable-array-variables"
+make_cmd="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/gmake"
+short_desc="The GNU Bourne Again Shell"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=a73f790817d98be375a36def567737498e33aaf1
+long_desc="
+ Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from
+ the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to
+ the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard.
+
+ It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and
+ interactive use; these include command line editing, unlimited size
+ command history, job control, shell functions and aliases, indexed
+ arrays of unlimited size, and integer arithmetic in any base from two
+ to sixty-four. In addition, most sh scripts can be run by Bash without
+ modification."