Re: Bash 2.05 beta of 28-Aug-2001 query

[Tim Van Holder]

I'm CC'ing the autoconf list, as this definitely affects
them; I'll update the 2.50 package with a fix once one is
found (later version are currently useless due to the Perl
FD problem).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark E. [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 18:10
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Bash 2.05 beta of 28-Aug-2001 query
> 
> 
> > > Bash 2.05 less example:
> > > OSTYPE=msdosdjgpp
> > > PATH=$'c:/dj204/bin;c:/windows;c:/windows/command;c:/bin'
> 
> From the documentation:
> 
> 3.  New Features in Bash
> 
> b.  When `set' is called without options, it prints function 
> defintions in a
>     way that allows them to be reused as input.  This affects 
> `declare' and
>     `declare -p' as well.
> 
> then look at the ansi-c quoting rules section.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Cottrell [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 10:26
> To: Mark E.; Charles Sandmann
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Bash 2.05 beta of 28-Aug-2001 query
> 
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I have been trying to build GCC 2.95.2 from sources on Win 98 
> since the Bash
> source relase of 28-Aug-2001 which fixed Bash crashing on 
> Win2K. I have not
> gotten to the bottom of the real issue outlined below as I 
> cannot see where
> to start (I will keep looking for another few hours), but if 
> I go back to
> Bash 2.04 (only bash.exe changed) I can build GCC on Win 98.
> 
> When I go into the GCC build.djg directory and run the 
> follwoing command and
> I find that the makefile, config.status and config,cache 
> files are different
> when I compare the resulting files from using Bash 2.04 and 2.05.
>     redir -eo bash ./djbuild1.sh config >djconfig.log
> 
> I tried to compare Bash 2.04 and Bash 2.05 source changes to 
> see if I could
> see where the problem may be, but there were too many changes 
> for me to see
> what may be the cause.
> 
> Any ideas about what to do about this issue?
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> MAKEFILE
> =========
> *** bash_204\makefile   Sat Sep  1 17:22:44 2001
> --- bash_205\makefile   Sat Sep  1 17:30:16 2001
> ***************
> *** 22 ****
> ! gcc_version_trigger = /dev/c/dj204/gnu/gcc-2.953/gcc/version.c
> --- 22 ----
> ! gcc_version_trigger = /dj204/gnu/gcc-2.953/gcc/version.c
> ***************
> *** 204 ****
> ! CONFIG_ARGUMENTS
> = --host=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp --build=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp 
> --enable-multilib --w
> ith-gcc-version-trigger=/dev/c/dj204/gnu/gcc-2.953/gcc/version
> .c  --srcdir=/
> dj204/gnu/gcc-2.953 --disable-shared --verbose 
> --with-gxx-include-dir=${pref
> ix}/lang/cxx --with-gnu-ld   --prefix=$$DJDIR
> --- 204 ----
> ! CONFIG_ARGUMENTS = --
> 
> CONFIG.STATUS
> ==============
> *** bash_204\config.status      Sat Sep  1 17:22:44 2001
> --- bash_205\config.status      Sat Sep  1 17:30:18 2001
> ***************
> *** 4 ****
> !
> /dj204/gnu/gcc-2.953/configure 
> --with-gcc-version-trigger=/dev/c/dj204/gnu/g
> cc-2.953/gcc/version.c --srcdir=/dj204/gnu/gcc-2.953 
> --disable-shared --verb
> ose --with-gxx-include-dir=\${prefix}/lang/cxx --with-gnu-ld 
> --target=i586-p
> c-msdosdjgpp --host=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp --prefix=\$$DJDIR --norecursion
> --- 4 ----
> !
> /dj204/gnu/gcc-2.953/configure 
> --with-gcc-version-trigger=/dj204/gnu/gcc-2.9
> 53/gcc/version.c --srcdir=/dj204/gnu/gcc-2.953 
> --disable-shared --verbose --
> with-gxx-include-dir=\${prefix}/lang/cxx --with-gnu-ld 
> --target=i586-pc-msdo
> sdjgpp --host=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp --prefix=\$$DJDIR --norecursion
> 
> 
> CONFIG.CACHE
> ==============
> *** bash_204\config.cache       Sat Sep  1 17:25:12 2001
> --- bash_205\config.cache       Sat Sep  1 17:32:38 2001
> ***************
> *** 115 ****
> ! ac_cv_path_install=${ac_cv_path_install='ginstall -c'}
> --- 115 ----
> ! ac_cv_path_install=${ac_cv_path_install=$'ginstall -c'}
> ***************
> *** 119 ****
> ! ac_cv_prog_CPP=${ac_cv_prog_CPP='gcc -E'}
> --- 119 ----
> ! ac_cv_prog_CPP=${ac_cv_prog_CPP=$'gcc -E'}
> ***************
> *** 121 ****
> ! ac_cv_prog_LN_S=${ac_cv_prog_LN_S='cp -p'}
> --- 121 ----
> ! ac_cv_prog_LN_S=${ac_cv_prog_LN_S=$'cp -p'}
> ***************
> *** 123 ****
> ! ac_cv_prog_YACC=${ac_cv_prog_YACC='bison -y'}
> --- 123 ----
> ! ac_cv_prog_YACC=${ac_cv_prog_YACC=$'bison -y'}
> ***************
> *** 135 ****
> ! 
> gcc_cv_as_alignment_features=${gcc_cv_as_alignment_features='.p2align
> including maximum skip'}
> --- 135 ----
> ! 
> gcc_cv_as_alignment_features=${gcc_cv_as_alignment_features=$'.p2align
> including maximum skip'}
> ***************
> *** 137 ****
> ! gcc_cv_as_instructions=${gcc_cv_as_instructions='filds fists '}
> --- 137 ----
> ! gcc_cv_as_instructions=${gcc_cv_as_instructions=$'filds fists '}
> ***************
> *** 169 ****
> ! gcc_cv_prog_LN_S=${gcc_cv_prog_LN_S='ln -s'}
> --- 169 ----
> ! gcc_cv_prog_LN_S=${gcc_cv_prog_LN_S=$'ln -s'}
>