That error is very common where "ls -di" is called in the configure script (strange that it did not complain on your other system).
a nice fix is fgb's "config" script http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/contrib/fgb/rc/config another common problem is "grep", where the easiest is to write GREP=grep at the top of the configure script. 2012/1/12 John Floren <j...@jfloren.net>: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:03 PM, John Floren <j...@jfloren.net> wrote: >> Back when I had my FreeBSD server, I used to run a tmux session and >> irssi to keep myself connected to IRC at all times. This let me >> access it from any computer with an SSH client. >> >> Now I only run a Plan 9 server, but I missed the simplicity and >> convenience of having just one nickname on IRC at all times. I >> finally got fed up and did a very crude port of Miau, an IRC bouncer. >> A bouncer stays connected to your selected servers and channels while >> serving the IRC protocol itself. You then point an IRC client at your >> bouncer, which instantly restores for you all the channels you had >> open. >> >> This serves essentially the same purpose as ircfs, but with the >> advantage that you don't need Plan 9 or Inferno to access it--any >> computer with an IRC client can connect. In fact, you can just use >> Mibbit to connect as long as you have a web browser. >> >> Porting Miau was pretty easy; the configure script actually ran >> properly and I only had to do a little bit of hacking to account for >> things like the lack of crypt() (so yes, you have to type in a >> plaintext password in the config file rather than giving it a hash). >> There's a tar at /n/sources/contrib/john/miau9.tgz, or you can check >> out the bitbucket repo from http://bitbucket.org/floren/miau9 >> (preferred). >> >> Known bugs: It's really easy to type "maui" instead of "miau". >> >> >> John >> > > Oddly, I can't get this to compile on my home Plan 9 system; there, it > bails out like all other configure scripts I've ever tried to use: > > # ./configure > ln: conf115166.dir destination exists > usage: ls [-ACFHLRUacdflprstu1] [file ...] > configure: error: working directory cannot be determined > # > > I'll have to try and figure out the difference. > > > John >
