Re: Autoconf-2.53 make check fails on OpenServer 5.0.6a

[Boyd Lynn Gerber]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Paul Eggert wrote:
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> > From: Boyd Lynn Gerber <address@hidden>
> > The problem is ksh likes the CSH while over the sh while.
>
> Wow.  I've never heard of a ksh that does that.
> Can you please try the following test case, to confirm this?
> Please use the ksh that is giving you problems.
>
> ksh -c 'while test 0 -lt 1; do break; done'
> echo $?
>
> The 'echo' should output '0' on a working ksh, and it should do
> something else on your system's buggy ksh.  Once we've verified this,
> we can fix Autoconf to detect that bug your ksh and avoid it.
>
> Thanks.
>

Sorry, I have not had any sleep for 48 hours and I am making mistakes.
Here is the output of your command...
$ ksh -c 'while test 0 -lt 1; do break; done'
echo $?
$
0

I thought I may have made a mistake right after I send the email.  Sorry,

I do know that bash works where my ksh does not.

Thanks,

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