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Re: Ultrix problem |
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Thu, 28 Dec 2000 03:16:24 -0500 |
Harlan Stenn wrote:
> /bin/sh: <BA>: not found
> WARNING: `:' is needed, and you do not seem to have it handy on your
> system. You might have modified some files without having the
> proper tools for further handling them. Check the `README' file,
> it often tells you about the needed prerequirements for installing
> this package. You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in case
> some other package would contain this missing `:' program.
> configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
Hmmm.... That warning looks to me like it came from the 'missing' script, but I
haven't been here long. The content of the warning looks like your Ultrix
system can't handle the ':' command. I didn't realize ':' was passed through
'missing' but maybe configure does something similar. I didn't think 'missing'
would run until build time.
Anyway, the Bourne shells (/bin/sh programs) I know of treat ':' like a noop.
It's used to confuse some systems that don't like 'if's without 'else's (if
there is no 'else', put one in with a command to do nothing (put in a ':'
(noop))). Of course, I remember that was Ultrix they were placating, but
I can't find the comments I remember with a cursory code review, so I'm
confused.
Maybe someone ran 'missing' from 'configure' with a ':' (noop) as a command to
see if 'missing' present and working? 'missing' might expect its program to be
in your path, so if it's a shell builtin it might fail? Just guessing.
Derek
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