autoconf 2.50 generated configure script on os/390

[Thorsten Brockmeier]

Hi,

during installation of the newer alpha versions of VIM 6 on an os/390 unix
machine, I noticed that autoconf 2.5 produced a configure script that would
not run under os/390 unix. Bram Moolenaar switched from autoconf 2.13 to
autoconf 2.5 from his VIM 6.0 alpha H to alpha I. Alpha I and beyond can
not be configured on os/390 without either modifying the configure script
or letting autoconf 2.13 generate a new one from configure.in
The manual changes required in configure were:
   a signal #13 was traped -> not supported on OS/390 -> removed
   a file descriptor #6 was created -> not supported on OS/390 -> removed
   I received some permission warnings with the last 2 MV commands, but I
   am unsure what those mean. The command executed though. -> replaced with
   CP commands

The configure file that autoconf 2.13 generated ran fine without any
changes.

I believe a change to autoconf 2.50 (or 2.51?) to re-establish support for
the os/390 platform would be a good thing.

Please reply in e-mail as I am not currently following the mailing list.

Regards,

Thorsten Brockmeier
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