It ended up being the bad character tacked returned by my . It sometimes looks like 'nyc.rr.com\000' or the like. Bad DHCP setup on my part.
Here's the a couple lines out of the offending sed. -e s%@conf_serveradmin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]%d00%g -e s%@conf_servername@%float1.nyc.rr.com%d00%g Thanks for that #!/bin/sh -x trick, Stas! I have to rebuild my perl and go through the Configure process to tell it to ignore `hostname`, unless you know a trick for that, too! -ciao for now, Josh --- Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [.. > > When I run > > > > perl Makefile.PL APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.xx/src > \ > > DO_HTTPD=1 USE_APACI=1 > EVERYTHING=1 \ > > > APACHE_PREFIX=/home/user/httpd/apache > > > > I see this (note the sed error) > > > > (cd ../apache_1.3.27 && CC="gcc" CFLAGS=" > -D_REENTRANT > > -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -fno- > > strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include" ./configure > > --activate-module=src/modules/ > > perl/libperl.a --disable-rule=EXPAT > > --prefix=/home/user/httpd/apache) > > CC="gcc" CFLAGS=" -D_REENTRANT -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS > > -fno-strict-aliasing > > -I/usr/local/include" ./configure > > --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a > > --disable-rule=EXPAT > --prefix=/home/user/httpd/apache > > Configuring for Apache, Version 1.3.27 > > + using installation path layout: Apache , > > (config.layout) > > + activated perl module (modules/perl/libperl.a) > > Creating Makefile > > sed: -e expression #44, char 46: Unknown option to > 's' > > Creating Configuration.apaci in src > > First, you need to figure out where this error is > coming from, sed isn't > very helpful here. Since we are talking about > ./configure errors, you > need to modify apache-1.3/configure to start with: > > #!/bin/sh -x > > (notice the -x) > > now log the build process into a file a look what > happens between two > strings: > Creating Makefile > and > Creating Configuration.apaci in src > > From what I see the error is in apache domain, but > since I don't have > this problem I could be wrong. > > __________________________________________________________________ > Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another > mod_perl Hacker > http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> > http://perl.apache.org > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://use.perl.org > http://apacheweek.com > http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org > http://ticketmaster.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com