[tbox-l] Help to build a patched bash RPM

[Jason V. <jvo...@gm...>]

Hello guys:

I'm interested on having a patched bash version. I originally had bash RPM from:

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/linux/toolbox/date.html

But as this RPM version is vulnerable, I tried these 2 options:

- Get the tarball for bash 4.2 from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
- Get a SRC RPM for bash 4.2 from http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Main.Bash

I also downloaded the patch for bash (048, released yesterday) and
tried to build from SPEC file:

$ rpm -bb --clean SPECS/bash.spec

But I had several issues with RPM building mostly related to paths, or
bison issue (when using Perlz bash package). As I'm not a developer
nor I have experience with these kind of procedures, I'd like to know
if I can get help for this build process in this mailing list.

Or maybe you can share any news about how when patched bash will be released.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Bye


P.D.: I finally was able to patch and build bash manually in a Power 8
box, but then I had some issues with libiconv.so not being found in
other LPARs (Power 5), so I finally gave up.