IRIX ./configure crashes

[dmacks]

>Submitter-Id:   net
>Originator:     Daniel Macks
>Organization:
net
>Confidential:  no
>Synopsis:      ./configure fails: IRIX chmod does not support -f
>Severity:      serious
>Priority:      low
>Category:      portability
>Class:         sw-bug
>Release:       1.11.1p1
>Environment:
System: IRIX 6.5.13m 07091541 IP22
>Description:
The ./configure script crashes at line 5685:
        chmod -f +x \
                  contrib/clmerge \
                  contrib/cln_hist \
                  contrib/commit_prep \
                  contrib/cvs_acls \
                  contrib/log \
                  contrib/log_accum \
                  contrib/mfpipe \
                  contrib/rcslock \
                  contrib/sccs2rcs \
                  src/cvsbug
with
        Cannot access +x: No such file or directory
The 'chmod' that ships with IRIX does not support the -f flag.
>How-To-Repeat:
./configure when the default 'chmod' is the one that ships with IRIX
>Fix:
edited ./configure to remove the offending -f flag