Hi,
The problem lies in the new behavious of expr (which has
gotten POSIX compliant, much to the consternation of kernel
config). The following path fixes the kernel sources:
manoj
--- scripts/Configure.dist Mon Jan 20 14:43:24 1997
+++ scripts/Configure Tue Jan 21 05:41:30 1997
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
def=${old:-$3}
while :; do
readln "$1 ($2) [$def] " "$def" "$old"
- if expr "$ans" : '0$\|-?[1-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null; then
+ if expr "$ans" : '0$\|-\?[1-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null; then
define_int "$2" "$ans"
break
else
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
while :; do
readln "$1 ($2) [$def] " "$def" "$old"
ans=${ans#*[x,X]}
- if expr "$ans" : '[0-9a-fA-F]+$' > /dev/null; then
+ if expr "$ans" : '[0-9a-fA-F]\+$' > /dev/null; then
define_hex "$2" "$ans"
break
else
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be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of
blindfolded fear. Thomas Jefferson
Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
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