Toon Moene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Kaveh R. Ghazi wrote: | | > If people would simply follow the directions here: | > <http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#*-*-solaris2*> by setting | > CONFIG_SHELL to /bin/ksh before configure;make bootstrap, | | Indeed - I stopped counting how many hours of debugging shell scripts | on our Sun server I saved (for my employer) by being on these mailing | lists and thereby knowing this. | | /bin/sh on Solaris is evil.
I agree. We should make go a step further: at configure time, we should either 1. complain loudly with unambiguous diagnostic if /bin/sh on solaris; or 2. silently substitute with sane shell if available and continue. I think doing 2. would save lots of friustration on either sides. -- Gaby
