[bug #17908] 'configure' fails because it is unable to determine how to read the mount table.

[Matthew Woehlke]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?17908>

                 Summary: 'configure' fails because it is unable to determine
how to read the mount table.
                 Project: GNU Core Utilities
            Submitted by: woehlkmp
            Submitted on: Wednesday 10/04/2006 at 00:43
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open

    _______________________________________________________

Details:

This happens on at least NSK(OSS) and Interix, and there is a FIXME about it.
Instead of failing, 'configure' should disable targets (e.g. 'df') that need
to read the mount table, perhaps with a big warning message.

Tested with coreutils-6.3






    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?17908>

_______________________________________________
  Message sent via/by Savannah
  http://savannah.gnu.org/