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Re: Problem with configure
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: Problem with configure |
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Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:45:30 -0500 (EST) |
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Priit Voolaid wrote:
> > > > prefix= --prefix/opt
> > > > The PREFIX is defined as --prefix/opt instead /opt. Why is that?
> > > > Where can i search for source of this problem?
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> > I have tryed, many times, with diffrenet packages and always with same
> > result, ./configure generated Makefile is corrupt.
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> If it is true that you have tried many different packages then the
> common piece of functionality is not any one package's ./configure
> file but rather your operating system. It sounds to me like your
> shell is broken and cannot handle the script.
Equally likely is that he's tripping over one of the incompatibilities
added to autoconf 2.5x (some for no discernable reason). Occasionally
I notice another one...
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