From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: Extra carriage returns on Perl configure script 24 Apr 1998 08:10:05 -0700 Message-ID: <19980423225421.7846.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1c.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Dan Newcombe , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com The workaround is to use the ^J and possibly the ^Z character to respond to the answer. You can use the search function on the mail archives to find this. ---Dan Newcombe wrote: > > I am trying to compile Perl 5.0004 from scratch under Nt 4.0, w/ the Beta19 > release. > The problem I am finding is when I run the > sh configure > to get Perl ready to install, it gets confused. If I press enter to answer > a prompt, it seems to assume I have pressed two enters and I never get a > chance to answer some of the prompts. For example: > Prompt 1: [default] (I press enter here) > Prompt 2: [defualt] (It automatically puts a carrige return here) > Prompt 3: [default] (Here is where I end up after pressing enter ONCE) > Has anyone else seen this behavior or know how to get around it? Thanks. > > (On the other hand, a precompiled version or OraPerl would also help me get > past this in the short run - though I still want it to be working right.) > > -- > Dan Newcombe - OIIT > "While we watch time slip through our hands, we're deaf to our own demands" > -Fates Warning, The Eleventh Hour- > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > == - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- --earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com-- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".