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Re: Problems executing ./configure on Solaris
- From: "Thomas E. Dickey" <dickey at herndon4 dot his dot com>
- To: Lars Hecking <lhecking at nmrc dot ie>
- Cc: <automake at gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:16:03 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Problems executing ./configure on Solaris
- Reply-to: <dickey at herndon4 dot his dot com>
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Lars Hecking wrote:
>
> > Hi Lorrie,
> >
> > You are not talking to the right list.
> >
> > If you still think its a portability issue in ./configure,
> > please trace this script with `sh -x ./configure --your-flags...'
> > and send the output to bug-autoconf@gnu.org.
>
> I don't believe there is such an issue. I have used all recebt versions of
> automake and autoconf on Solaris 8, and have never seen any portability
> problems. It's more likely a problem in the user's environment.
The OP did an almost-immediate followup stating that the problem was due
to having set bash as root's shell.
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