On 29 Dec 1999, Niels M�ller wrote:
> "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > checking if m4 can handle eight-bit quote characters... no
> > configure: warning: Upgrade to a better version than GNU m4 1.4,
> > or recompile it with CFLAGS=-funsigned-char.
>
> This means that regeneration of the test programs (which are included in
> the dist) won't work.
Good to know, I'll look into updating that.
> > checking for BSD pty names... sort: read error: Bad file descriptor
> > done
>
> Haven't seen this before. Does "/dev/pty*" match any files on your
> system? The sort line reads
>
> AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PTY_BSD_SCHEME_SECOND_CHARS, "`ls /dev/pty* | cut -c 10-10 |
>sort | uniq | tr -d '\n'`")
/dev/pty* matches 256 files, as the machine in question serves xterms for
a bunch of x displays. I don't know how much of an issue this is, as the
openpty() call is correctly detected.
As for the command line
ls /dev/pty* | cut -c 10-10 | sort | uniq | tr -d '\n'
it works with both /bin/sh and /usr/local/bin/bash (output is
0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv), so it's probably interaction with
gmake, or a quoting issue.
