From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 11 08:08:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DCBE106578A for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:08:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail02.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail02.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 227D28FC13 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:08:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-20-82.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.20.82]) by mail02.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m2B88N7v008232 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:08:24 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m2B88MlJ042084; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:08:22 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m2B88KH7042083; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:08:20 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:08:20 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Mike Meyer Message-ID: <20080311080820.GJ68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20080309152712.42752293@bhuda.mired.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="uCozLMBrA/OCc/kF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080309152712.42752293@bhuda.mired.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why doesn't autoconf like our /bin/sh? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:08:31 -0000 --uCozLMBrA/OCc/kF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 03:27:12PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: >I've stumbled on to an obscure problem with autoconf 2.61, and I'm not >sure quite what to do with it. I've already sent mail to the autoconf >folks, but I'd like to understand what's going on. Simplest explanation is that autotools are broken by design. After my recent experiences, I've come to the conclusion that they are designed to impede the portability of software. >My question is, why doesn't the configure script just accept /bin/sh? Probably because it's not bash. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --uCozLMBrA/OCc/kF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfWPfQACgkQ/opHv/APuIcAqACgjfUB0c7UWTHchdckt/PtvqUy ah8AoLBAmbwOteczzCzQh6DvF3zQl24/ =uhJk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uCozLMBrA/OCc/kF--