X-Received: by 10.224.172.66 with SMTP id k2mr34486495qaz.9.1418143674104; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 08:47:54 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.22.199 with SMTP id 65mr76753qgn.4.1418143674089; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 08:47:54 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!s7no5240743qap.1!news-out.google.com!r1ni44qat.1!nntp.google.com!w8no5732219qac.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer.porting Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 08:47:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <54871fe4$0$32290$c3e8da3$cc4fe22d@news.astraweb.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=131.114.108.52; posting-account=D-23LQoAAACNxCKvBKBBHSdXvVFYWLNj NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.114.108.52 References: <0KhBVN5juOdd-pn2-Fr7Ck5MVnIbL@localhost> <54863ff6$0$64275$c3e8da3$b280bf18@news.astraweb.com> <54871fe4$0$32290$c3e8da3$cc4fe22d@news.astraweb.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: configure fails on some occasions From: Mentore Injection-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:47:54 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 3397 X-Received-Body-CRC: 4274660809 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.os2.programmer.porting:302 Il giorno marted=EC 9 dicembre 2014 17:14:29 UTC+1, Dave Yeo ha scritto: > Mentore wrote: > > Il giorno marted=EC 9 dicembre 2014 01:19:03 UTC+1, Dave Yeo ha scritto= : > >> >Mentore Siesto wrote: > >>> > >Hello all... > >>> > > > >>> > >I'm getting back on some open source port for OS/2 - eCS, and > >>> > >sometimes I find myself stuck in the configure hell. > >>> > > > >>> > >In some occasions, configure stop > >> > > >> >What shell? Did you run autoconf? Do you have a config.site? Where do= es > >> >it stop (might need to look in config.log)? > >> >Dave > > Sorry for the abruptedly cut message - my keyboard is really upsetting = me sending commands randomly:( > > > > Sometimes, the configure script fails loading my config-site (which exi= sts). This occurs only in some occasions and I can't understand why. Other = configure files (for other projects, of course!) work without problems. > > > > I'm using the latest PDKSH, but I never ran autoconf. This could be the= main culprit (together with my ignorance about running autoconf, alas). >=20 > I usually have success with the latest PDKSH, previous builds=20 > occaionally hung but never before loading config.site. The same goes for me. I do remember similar problems with ash and bash, but= will try again. > > That said, it seems that a "normal" configure script often asks for som= e commands like "test", "builtin" and "function" which I don't have and sho= uld serve as tests for particular platform. I guess an autoconf run might s= olve all those problems - still, I have to learn how to use it. >=20 > Those functions should be built into the shell though PDKSH is old and=20 > doesn't support some such as test -x (test for executable). > I usually don't run autoconf but it is required in the YUM/RPM=20 > environment. Really if you're going to install autoconf, you also should= =20 > install automake and libtool (and they depend on perl). =20 I surely have to learn how to use autoconf. Modifying a configure script is= a huge PITA. Mentore