From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 11 14:41:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0D34106566B for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 466F18FC16 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de ([10.1.1.7]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m2BE97YE060795; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:09:07 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [10.1.1.14]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m2BE915c096041 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:09:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m2BE90Xi052330; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:09:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id m2BE90kO052329; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:09:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:08:59 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Peter Jeremy Message-ID: <20080311140859.GB34311@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <20080309152712.42752293@bhuda.mired.org> <20080311080820.GJ68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080311080820.GJ68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.4-STABLE alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on cicely12.cicely.de Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer Subject: Re: Why doesn't autoconf like our /bin/sh? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:41:55 -0000 On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 07:08:20PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 03:27:12PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > >I've stumbled on to an obscure problem with autoconf 2.61, and I'm not > >sure quite what to do with it. I've already sent mail to the autoconf > >folks, but I'd like to understand what's going on. > > Simplest explanation is that autotools are broken by design. After my > recent experiences, I've come to the conclusion that they are designed > to impede the portability of software. > > >My question is, why doesn't the configure script just accept /bin/sh? > > Probably because it's not bash. This is also the reason why I install bash if I had linux-bash in my path, because it will use linux-bash instead of sh and starts finding linux things which it shouldn't for native builds. The native bash is in path befor the linix version so it at least uses a native compiled shell. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de http://www.fizon.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de support@fizon.de