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Re: SunOS 4.1.4 configure failure
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Roland Roberts |
Subject: |
Re: SunOS 4.1.4 configure failure |
Date: |
23 Oct 2003 14:22:34 -0400 |
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>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
Paul> Roland Roberts <address@hidden> writes:
>> Upgrading bash is *maybe* an option; I'm exploring that.
Paul> That would be the easiest for all concerned, I suspect.
I've been told nothing is getting upgraded which is nonsense since the
application is getting upgraded :-/
Paul> However, if you want Autoconf-generated scripts to be
Paul> portable to ancient Bash versions, you'll need to supply a
Paul> simple and cheap test case that illustrates the Bash bug on
Paul> your host. We can fold that test case into Autoconf so that
Paul> when it searches for a suitable shell, it rejects shells
Paul> that have the bug. You'll have to help us test the result,
Paul> too, as nobody runs Bash 1.14.3 any more (outside of
Paul> museums, zoos and insane asylums :-).
I'm not sure which of the last two we are, but we qualify :-) I can
probably come up with a suitable shell fragment that can do the test,
but given our insane status, I'm hoping I can just add this to my
trivia stash and not have to bother....
[...]
Paul> It looks like you're being bitten by one or more of the
Paul> following Sun bugids:
Thanks for these; I'm agitating for something to get fixed, either
/bin/sh or bash.
I think I'm more-or-less stuck until I can get something patched or
upgraded, even if I do come up with a test for our buggy bash.
Thanks,
roland
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