From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Question about running configure script
Date: 26 Apr 2000 08:40:45 GMT
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Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:

>> There is a pitfall waiting for you, though: 'configure' scripts
>> generated by most (all?) versions of GNU autoconf don't work on DOS
>> unchanged, despite all heroic efforts. 
[...]
> Is it usually obvious if the configure script has failed, or does it
> break quietly?

Both cases happen. It's best to crosscheck all results reported by
'configure' to see if they're correct. It may report an existing
utility program such as 'sed' or 'awk' as missing, or it may state
that certain function don't exist, when in fact they do, or the other
way round.

The latest Bash seems to have improved the situation significantly, as
statet by Prashant in his replies, but you still have to watch its
working closely. GNU autoconf 'configure' scripts are quite a stress
test for DJGPP Bash.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.