Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.59b] testsuite: 118 125 failed

[Pierre]

Stepan Kasal wrote:
> Hello,
>         thank you for your bug report.
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 09:16:43PM +0200, Pierre wrote:
>
> > LFS GNU/Linux
> > kernel 2.6.11.5
> > gcc 3.4.3
>
>
> both tests failed for the same reason:
>
>
> > +./configure: ./conftest: /bin/cat: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
>
>
> Is it true that your GNU/Linux installation doesn't have /bin/cat ?

Yes

> If yes, why it ended up this way?  Is the "Linux From Scratch" handbook really
> written this way?  Or is it just your mistake?

It's my "mistake", I made a default install, so it was put in 
/usr/local/bin .

> Anyway, I'm inclined to say that systems without /bin/cat are rare and the
> testsuite doesn't have to support them.

For systems without 'cat' at all I agree with you. But why force 'cat' 
to be in /bin ?

> Have a nice day,
>         Stepan Kasal

Regards,

--
Pierre.