Re: loop in 2.53-generated configure on nextstep

[David Arnold]

-->"Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:

  davida> i've struck a problem when attempting to install a package
  davida> on an old NeXTStep machine.  the package in question has a
  davida> configure file (generated by autoconf-2.53) which ends up
  davida> looping endlessly.

  Akim> Could you try running make check on 2.53b?

the problem is fixed, thank you!

it is, however, terribly slow.  on my slab (25MHz 68040) it's taking
about 2 minutes to get to the point of sourcing the modified file.  at
7 minutes from start, it reaches that same point again, and it's not
until 33 (!) minutes after invoking configure that the first output is
displayed ... (checking for a BSD-compatible install).

would it be reasonable to display some output during the initial steps
indicating that the script is working as expected?


thanks,




d