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Date:      Sun, 8 Oct 2000 18:15:59 -0400
From:      Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   GNU auto* tools use bash
Message-ID:  <20001008181558.B75794@numachi.com>

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Just a heads-up: under FreeBSD 4.1; some of the GNU auto* tools
(notably autoconf and autoheader) invoke /bin/sh, but presume that
that is really bash.

Autoconf is from the autoconf-2.13 package.

For example, when I try to run 'autoconf --version', it hangs.

  % autoconf --version
  Start ...
  waiting for connection ...

If I edit /usr/local/bin/autoconf (which claims to be a Bourne
shell script, and replace it's !# with /usr/local/bin/bash, it then
works.

I have no idea if this has been reported in the PR database, but
I just wanted to warn people...

-- 
Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert		<reichert@numachi.com>
37 Crystal Ave. #303			Daytime number: (603) 434-6842
Derry NH 03038-1713 USA			Intel architecture: the left-hand path


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