Re: Issue in autoconf with config.status generation

2008-09-18 Thread Andreas Schwab
"Evan Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem I'm finding is that the command-line options are being saved in > the config.status, but not the environment variables. If you want an env var to be saved in config.status (in addition to the predefined list) you should declare it as precio

Re: Issue in autoconf with config.status generation

2008-09-18 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Evan, * Evan Hunter wrote on Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 05:20:08PM CEST: > > As I understand it, the 'config.status --recheck' command is supposed > re-run the configure script using all the same options as it was > originally run with. > The problem I'm finding is that the command-line options a

Issue in autoconf with config.status generation

2008-09-18 Thread Evan Hunter
Hi, I have found what I think is an issue with autoconf, involving the generation of config.status. As I understand it, the 'config.status --recheck' command is supposed re-run the configure script using all the same options as it was originally run with. The problem I'm finding is that the com

RE: [autoconf 2.63] 95 of 353 tests fail

2008-09-18 Thread Howard Larson
-Original Message- From: 'Ralf Wildenhues' [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 00:07 To: Eric Blake Cc: Howard Larson; autoconf@gnu.org Subject: Re: [autoconf 2.63] 95 of 353 tests fail * Eric Blake wrote on Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 05:25:16AM CEST: > Please don't top

Re: libraries of shell script functions

2008-09-18 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Bruno Haible wrote: > Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> For now, I think Peter's select function could go in m4sh. m4 is the >> linker, then. > > How does one use "m4 as the linker"? Where is this documented? You write your script in m4sh, not in pure Bourne shell. The m4sh->sh conversion is done with au

Re: Condition evaluation removed

2008-09-18 Thread Giles Anderson
Thanks Paul Point taken about using 'export' and '.' And, as it happens very valid, as I now have an AIX machine added to the mix. 2008/9/12 Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 16:45 +0100, Giles Anderson wrote: > >export ORAENV_ASK=NO > >export ORACLE_SID=SID1 > >

Re: Condition evaluation removed

2008-09-18 Thread Giles Anderson
Ralf I wanted to leave it blank if the hosts were different. So I used the basis of your last suggestion like: REQUIRE_SCHED_VARS="ORAENV_ASK=NO;ORACLE_SID=VMD1;export ORAENV_ASK ORACLE_SID;[EMAIL PROTECTED]@;. oraenv" Not very pretty but I am restricted to autoconf 2.57 so had to set it up lik