Re: error installing bash-2.05a on HP-UX

[Chet Ramey]

> I'm trying to do a non-root install of bash.
> 
> I've attached the output from my configure.
> 
> The error I'm getting is:
> 
>         ./mkbuiltins -D . printf.def
> 
>         cc -c  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSHELL    -I. -I..  -I.. -I../include
> -I../lib -
> I. -DHPUX  -g printf.c || ( rm -f printf.c ; exit 1 )
> 
> cc: "printf.def", line 1013: error 1718: Types are not
> assignment-compatible.  =20
> *** Error exit code 1

HP/UX lies about its long double support.  Comment out the line in the
generated config.h that reads HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE and rebuild.

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