Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 07:00:46 +0500
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From: Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Question about running configure script
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> They also tell you that 'configure' (actually 'configur' in my DOS
> environment) is affected by several environment variables, like 'CC' which
> controls which c compiler to use, and 'CFLAGS' which specifies the C
> compiler flags to use.  The README states that if you are using sh, bash,
> ksh, ash, or some other Bourne-like shell, you can simply set the variables
> on the command line, for example:
>     $ CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O3" ./configure
> and that if you are using csh, tcsh, or some other C-shell, you set the
> variables by using setenv, for example:
>     $ setenv CC "gcc"
>     $ setenv CFLAGS "-g -O3"
>     $ ./configure

Another way is to edit the configure scripts and replace all
"test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word" with "test -x $ac_dir/$ac_word". Use something like
"s/test -f \$ac_dir\/\$ac_word/test -x $ac_dir\/$ac_word/g" in the sed script.

> Am I on the right track in assuming that I need to use something like BASH
> for this configure process?

Yes, you need BASH (available from v2gnu on Simtel).