Compile bash for Android

1. Get the bash Source:

$ Wget-C http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.1.tar.gz

$ Tar zxvf bash-4.1.tar.gz

 

2. Download the arm toolkit, e.g. sourcery
G ++ lite 2008q1-126Arm
GNU
/Linux

$ Wget-C

Http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/arm/portal/package2549/public/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/arm-2008q1-126-arm-none-linux-gnueabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2

Note: using the newest toolchain compile bash-4.1 failed, use
This toolchain 4.2.3 compiled OK.

 

 

3. Configure the bash

$ CD bash-4.1

$./Configure-host = arm-Linux -- enable-static-link -- without-Bash-malloc cc =/yourpath/arm-2008q1/bin/ARM-None-Linux-gnueabi-gcc

 

 

4. Compile the bash

$ Make

$ Arm-None-Linux-gnueabi-strip bash

$ File bash

Bash: Elf 32-bit LSB executable, arm, Version 1 (sysv), statically linked, for GNU/Linux 2.6.14, stripped