Re: problems cross-compling bash-3.2

[Christian Boon]

Chet Ramey wrote:
> Christian Boon wrote:
>
>   
> > > This is from aclocal.m4:
> > >
> > > AC_DEFUN(BASH_SYS_JOB_CONTROL_MISSING,
> > > [AC_REQUIRE([BASH_SYS_SIGNAL_VINTAGE])
> > > AC_MSG_CHECKING(for presence of necessary job control definitions)
> > > AC_CACHE_VAL(bash_cv_job_control_missing,
> > > [AC_TRY_RUN([
> > > #include <sys/types.h>
> > > #ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H
> > > #include <sys/wait.h>
> > > #endif
> > > #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
> > > #include <unistd.h>
> > > #endif
> > > #include <signal.h>
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >       
> > Does anybody know what is going wrong or what is missing?
> >     
>
> Bash does not configure in job control when cross-compiling.  You can
> remove the JOB_CONTROL_MISSING define from config.h and try building
> without it, but there's no guarantee that the necessary capabilities
> are present on the target system.  The macro you partially quoted above
> encapsulates the required functionality.  If building without
> JOB_CONTROL_MISSING defined doesn't result in a binary with job control
> working, the tests in the macro give you a hint about where to look.
>
> Chet
>
>
>
>   
removing JOB_CONTROL_MISSING from config.h doesnt work.
but when i do:

export bash_cv_job_control_missing=present

job control is compiling and working.

Chris