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Re: configure warnings
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: configure warnings |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:53:44 +0200 |
techno <address@hidden> wrote:
> [techno][7:35][~/coreutils-5.91]% ./configure
> ./configure:42: command not found: chmod
> ./configure:48: command not found: rm
> ./configure:399: command not found: expr
> ./configure:426: command not found: chmod
> configure: error: cannot create configure.lineno; rerun with a POSIX shell
...
>> According to techno on 10/18/2005 4:28 PM:
>>
>>> BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 Kernel
BSD/OS 3.1 dates back to the end of 1997.
That's getting pretty darn old. It nearly qualifies for museum-piece
status, in which case we don't worry much about it, unless you're
willing to do nearly all of the work.
For starters, you need to try to find a POSIX shell, as the diagnostic
suggests. Try bash, ash, ksh. i.e., try running these commands
until you find one that works:
bash configure
ash configure
ksh configure
If none of those work, try getting an older version of bash
and see if you can build *it*. If so, use that bash binary
to run coreutils' configure script. You'll probably want to
install it as /bin/sh, too.
Good luck.