Re: Ultrix problem

[Harlan Stenn <Harlan dot Stenn at pfcs dot com>]

> >  + eval ${SHELL} /pogo/users/stenn/src/ntp.001227/missing --run : 
> 
> I believe this can't be a problem in autoconf, since the `missing'
> script is maintained as part of automake and, indeed, the test to
> check whether it supports the `--run' switch relies upon `:'.
> 
> Does missing work if, instead of:
> 
>   "$@" && exit 0
> 
> the missing script did:
> 
>   prog=$1
>   shift
>   "$prog" ${1+"$@"} && exit 0
> 
> ?

Still doesn't work, and should the second problem be forked into a thread
for autoconf while this one stays on automake?

Here's the current output:

 configure: loading cache /dev/null
 checking build system type... mips-dec-ultrix4.4
 checking host system type... mips-dec-ultrix4.4
 checking target system type... mips-dec-ultrix4.4
 checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
 checking whether build environment is sane... yes
 /bin/sh: \272: not found
 WARNING: `' is needed, and you do not seem to have it handy on your
         system.  You might have modified some files without having the
         proper tools for further handling them.  Check the `README' file,
         it often tells you about the needed prerequirements for installing
         this package.  You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in case
         some other package would contain this missing `' program.
 configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
 ...
 checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
 checking how to run the C preprocessor... # 1 "conftest.c"
 # 1942 "configure"

 # 1 "confdefs.h" 1




 # 1943 "configure" 2

 # 1 "/usr/local/mips-dec-ultrix4.4/include/assert.h" 1 3
 ...

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