Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:15:37 +0200
From: Laszlo Molnar <laszlo DOT molnar AT eth DOT ericsson DOT se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP problem executing a script
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On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 11:57:11AM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> The following is an (untested) excerpt from tests/scripts/features/errors
> script in GNU Make distribution.  If this snippet fails to exhibit the
> bug in the previous port of Perl, please try to run the Make test suite.

[..]

Thanks, I'll try it at home.

> > It happens in a particular script.
> Perhaps it would be a good idea to post that script.

Well, I think it's not that important since 2.04 fixed that problem
(the name of the script is "colon.t" in the perl test suite).

> > when I start configure.bat I usually use the "-dEs" command line
> > switch to make the configure process non-interactive.
> I don't think I know what -dEs is, how does it affect the configuration
> process, and why do you need to press ENTER if it doesn't work.  Could
> you please explain?

Perl uses another configure system (not autoconf). This system is able
to work both in interactive mode (when you can supply answers to the
question of Configure by hand - this means usually pressing ENTER - to
accept the default). Or it can work in non-interactive mode (like
autoconf) - so it's not needed to press ENTER to the questions.

One of the flags from "dES" switches the non-interactive mode on, but
this does not work with 2.04.

> Did -dEs work correctly with Bash v2.03?

Yes, it did.

Laszlo