Hi Nicolas, others, This is a gentle reminder that this issue with Libtool HEAD/branch-2-0 on Tru64 sh is still unsolved. It'd be nice to get a solution into the next 2.0 release candidate, should such a solution exist.
* Nicolas Joly wrote on Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 07:59:58PM CEST: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 03:31:22PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > * Nicolas Joly wrote on Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 01:27:25PM CEST: > > > On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 12:35:00PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > * Nicolas Joly wrote on Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 12:10:47PM CEST: > > > > > > > > > > In the mean time, i tested the solution where `print -r' and `ksh' > > > > > tests are swapped (attached patch). It seems to go a little further > > > > > (no more `print' error messages), but seems to fail in another ksh > > > > > problem/bug : > > > > [ which ends in a segmentation fault. ] > > OK, let's cut this testing a little short. It seems that Tru64 fails to > > provide any decent kind of shell for its users. > > > > I consider just putting a note about Tru64 into README (branch-1-5) > > resp. doc/notes.texi (HEAD). Proposal would be one of the following > > (whichever works and passes the test suite): > > > > | Note that Tru64 V5.1B ksh has some bugs which make it hardly useable for > > | libtoolized packages. Please set > > | BIN_SH=xpg4; export BIN_SH > > | in your environment for configuring and building. > > This one does not work ... It will solve the `print' problem, but will > lead to the shell crash a little later. > > with `BIN_SH=xpg4' set, `/usr/bin/posix/sh' is executed instead of the > classic `/bin/sh'; and, unfortunately, this is a hard link to `ksh'. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~]> ls -ldi /usr/bin/posix/sh /usr/bin/ksh > 482 -rwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 307248 Oct 16 2002 /usr/bin/ksh > 482 -rwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 307248 Oct 16 2002 /usr/bin/posix/sh > > > | Note that Tru64 V5.1B ksh has some bugs which make it hardly useable for > > | libtoolized packages. Please set > > | lt_ECHO='printf %s\\n'; export lt_ECHO > > | in your environment for configuring and building. > > > > (s/lt_ECHO/ECHO/g for branch-1-5). Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool