Scott Brunza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [redirected]
> I'm running Solaris 7. My Bourne shell (/bin/sh) is the original > Bourne shell, the one that predates ksh and csh. It is also not HP's > POSIX shell that runs as /bin/sh. I do have the ksh and bash shells. > The configure finds my instance of bash. The configure scripts both > explictily envoke the Bourne shell with their #!/bin/sh lines. The > error is: > > ./configure: syntax error at line 1423: `DATADIR=$' unexpected > > I ended up getting this in both configures; I got to the stepmaker > after I made the top level configure use the Korn shell. The top > level configure runs the stepmaker configure with another explicit > call to the Bourne shell, so even after modifying the stepmaker > configure to #!/bin/ksh, it still fails. > > Bourne shell does not understand VARIABLE = $(command). It uses > backticks, `command`. > > Scott > > > Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > >>Scott Brunza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>>I was trying to run configure and it kept failing. It fails because >>>your Bourne shell (/bin/sh) script has Korn shell (/bin/ksh) syntax in >>>it; both top level and stepmaker configures. Fix it. I'm interesed >>>in trying the software. >>> >> >>What error do you get, what version of LilyPond did you try, what >>system or bourne shell are you running and do you maybe have a >>suggestion for a fix? Please send a full bug report. >> >>I've just checked quickly, but latest CVS's configure seems to run >>fine with ash (bourne shell), bash (enhanced bourne shell), and zsh. >>Maybe you can try one of those while we're looking at the bug. >> >>Greetings, >>Jan. >> > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------ > He who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. > ------------------------------------------------------ > Scott Brunza, Meteorologist Sonalysts, Inc. > Voice: 860.326.3637 wXstation > Fax: 860.447.8883 215 Parkway North > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Waterford, CT 06385 > > > > > -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org _______________________________________________ Bug-lilypond mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
