On IRIX 6.5 I saw:
> Making check in doc
> GEN sc-avoid-builtin
> GEN sc-avoid-io
> GEN sc-avoid-non-zero
> GEN sc-avoid-path
> GEN sc-avoid-timezone
> GEN sc-avoid-zeroes
> GEN sc-exponent-grouping
> GEN sc-lower-case-var
> syntax error at -e line 2, near "while"
> Backslash found where operator expected at -e line 2, near ") \"
> (Missing operator before \?)
> Backslash found where operator expected at -e line 5, near "1 \"
> (Missing operator before \?)
> syntax error at -e line 5, near "1 \"
> Backslash found where operator expected at -e line 6, near "}
> \"
> (Missing operator before \?)
> syntax error at -e line 7, near ";}"
> Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
> *** Error code 1 (bu21)
Something similar happens on HP-UX 11.00:
$ gmake check
...
Making check in doc
gmake[2]: Entering directory
`/home/haible/multibuild-1210/hpux11.00-cc/coreutils-8.12.178-df9cd/doc'
GEN sc-avoid-builtin
GEN sc-avoid-io
GEN sc-avoid-non-zero
GEN sc-avoid-path
GEN sc-avoid-timezone
GEN sc-avoid-zeroes
GEN sc-exponent-grouping
GEN sc-lower-case-var
/home/haible/multibuild-1210/hpux11.00-cc/coreutils-8.12.178-df9cd/build-aux/missing[52]:
perl: not found.
WARNING: `perl' is needed, and is missing on your system.
You might have modified some files without having the
proper tools for further handling them. Check the `README' file,
it often tells you about the needed prerequisites for installing
this package. You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in case
some other package would contain this missing `perl' program.
gmake[2]: *** [sc-lower-case-var] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
`/home/haible/multibuild-1210/hpux11.00-cc/coreutils-8.12.178-df9cd/doc'
gmake[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/haible/multibuild-1210/hpux11.00-cc/coreutils-8.12.178-df9cd'
gmake: *** [check] Error 2
Note that the diagnostic "You might have modified some files ..." is guessing
wrong. I have not modified any files before running
"./configure; gmake; gmake check".
Bruno
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In memoriam Nikolai Bryukhanov <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Bryukhanov>
