bugRot[t]log - Bugs: bug #10729, ./configure fails on AIX 5.2

 
 

bug #10729: ./configure fails on AIX 5.2

Submitted by:  Jean Robertson <jrober19>
Submitted on:  Tue 19 Oct 2004 02:21:06 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: NoneStatus: In Progress
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Open/Closed: Closed

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Tue 29 Jul 2008 08:23:38 PM UTC, comment #3:

A bash version check isn't was is needed, so much as portable syntax for /bin/sh which is called by configure (which is not BASH under AIX). This has been added to TODO.

David Egan Evans <sinuhe>
Tue 18 Oct 2005 09:48:39 PM UTC, comment #2:

I will add some sort of check for bash version before escaping procedure.

Stefano Falsetto <stefko>
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Tue 19 Oct 2004 04:53:23 PM UTC, comment #1:

./configure uses /bin/sh
The error is caused by a reliance on bash-isms
The default /bin/sh on AIX is a Korn shell (not bash).
Forcing bash at the top of the configure script solves problem (but not very elegantly).

Jean Robertson <jrober19>
Tue 19 Oct 2004 02:21:06 PM UTC, original submission:

both versions 0.63alpha and 0.70beta1

here are the last 2 lines before it stops:

configure: Escaping variables due to sed weakness...
./configure[2465]: esc_ETCDIR="${ROTT_ETCDIR//\//\\/}":
bad substitution

Jean Robertson <jrober19>

 

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