Re: autoconf-2.65 has 252 test failures on OpenSolaris x86

[Eric Blake]

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According to Dr. David Kirkby on 11/30/2009 3:19 AM:
> Yes, it is ironic. Does this mean autoconf is likely to be usable, or
> will the fact it issues these warnings during the tests mean autoconf
> will not work?

It means that either:

- - someone answers your question with a way to shut up the Solaris shell,
and we then teach autoconf 2.66 how to write all configure scripts to use
that magic

or

- - we teach autoconf 2.66 how to write all configure scripts to avoid the
Solaris shell as buggy because it is too chatty

It also means:

- - since you probably don't want to wait for autoconf 2.66 to become the
norm for all existing generated configure scripts, you need to use:

CONFIG_SHELL=/path/to/non-chatty/sh /path/to/non-chatty/sh ./configure

as a workaround.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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