Unconditionally enable PGRP_PIPE on Linux (the kernel), regardless of the kernel version in use on the build machine. diff -purN bash-5.0-orig/configure bash-5.0/configure --- configure 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ configure 2019-09-29 11:51:42.664518665 +0200 @@ -16312,11 +16312,7 @@ solaris2.10*) LOCAL_CFLAGS=-DSOLARIS ;; solaris2*) LOCAL_CFLAGS=-DSOLARIS ;; lynxos*) LOCAL_CFLAGS=-DRECYCLES_PIDS ;; linux*) LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic # allow dynamic loading - case "`uname -r`" in - 1.*|2.[0123]*) : ;; - *) $as_echo "#define PGRP_PIPE 1" >>confdefs.h - ;; - esac ;; + $as_echo "#define PGRP_PIPE 1" >>confdefs.h ;; netbsd*|openbsd*) LOCAL_CFLAGS="-DDEV_FD_STAT_BROKEN" ;; *qnx[67]*) LOCAL_LIBS="-lncurses" ;; *qnx*) LOCAL_CFLAGS="-Dqnx -F -3s" LOCAL_LDFLAGS="-3s" LOCAL_LIBS="-lunix -lncurses" ;; diff -purN bash-5.0-orig/configure.ac bash-5.0/configure.ac --- configure.ac 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ configure.ac 2019-09-29 11:51:10.692026225 +0200 @@ -1108,10 +1108,7 @@ solaris2.10*) LOCAL_CFLAGS=-DSOLARIS ;; solaris2*) LOCAL_CFLAGS=-DSOLARIS ;; lynxos*) LOCAL_CFLAGS=-DRECYCLES_PIDS ;; linux*) LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic # allow dynamic loading - case "`uname -r`" in - 1.*|2.[[0123]]*) : ;; - *) AC_DEFINE(PGRP_PIPE) ;; - esac ;; + AC_DEFINE(PGRP_PIPE) ;; netbsd*|openbsd*) LOCAL_CFLAGS="-DDEV_FD_STAT_BROKEN" ;; *qnx[[67]]*) LOCAL_LIBS="-lncurses" ;; *qnx*) LOCAL_CFLAGS="-Dqnx -F -3s" LOCAL_LDFLAGS="-3s" LOCAL_LIBS="-lunix -lncurses" ;;