Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 09:44:33 +0200 From: Stefan Farfeleder <stefan@fafoe.narf.at> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why doesn't autoconf like our /bin/sh? Message-ID: <20080516074433.GA1032@lizard.fafoe.narf.at> In-Reply-To: <20080309152712.42752293@bhuda.mired.org> References: <20080309152712.42752293@bhuda.mired.org>
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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. > > The problem is that, on a FreeBSD system with only /bin/sh and the > ports zsh as installed shells, if you have SHELL set to zsh when > invoking the autoconf-generated configure script, the script produces > a broken Makefile. It doesn't generate an error, it just complains > that: Can you please retry? /bin/sh now supports expanding $LINENO which was often the reason for configure not liking it. Stefan
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