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Re: configure fails on some occasions

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Il giorno martedì 9 dicembre 2014 17:14:29 UTC+1, Dave Yeo ha scritto:
> Mentore wrote:
> > Il giorno martedì 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 does
> >> >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 exists). 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).
> 
> I usually have success with the latest PDKSH, previous builds 
> 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 some commands like "test", "builtin" and "function" which I don't have and should serve as tests for particular platform. I guess an autoconf run might solve all those problems - still, I have to learn how to use it.
> 
> Those functions should be built into the shell though PDKSH is old and 
> 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 
> environment. Really if you're going to install autoconf, you also should 
> install automake and libtool (and they depend on perl).
 
I surely have to learn how to use autoconf. Modifying a configure script is a huge PITA.

Mentore

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configure fails on some occasions "Mentore Siesto" <mentoreshoryu@fattimiei.zx> - 2014-12-08 22:38 +0000
  Re: configure fails on some occasions Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2014-12-08 16:18 -0800
    Re: configure fails on some occasions Mentore <mentore.siesto@libero.it> - 2014-12-09 02:19 -0800
      Re: configure fails on some occasions Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2014-12-09 08:14 -0800
        Re: configure fails on some occasions Mentore <mentore.siesto@libero.it> - 2014-12-09 08:47 -0800
        Re: configure fails on some occasions KO Myung-Hun <komh@chollian.net> - 2014-12-10 09:43 +0900
          Re: configure fails on some occasions Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2014-12-09 22:40 -0800

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