I did the following and it was a success: 1. Added sh to path to override default /usr/bin/sh: PATH=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh:$PATH 2. From bash: sh ./configure
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090837 Title: Error in building Qemu-1.3.0 on Solaris 10 Status in QEMU: New Bug description: While trying to build Qemu on Oracle Solaris 10 (SPARC processor), I encountered the following error in the configure step: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ --install=/usr/ucb/install ./configure: bad substitution ./configure: !: not found ./configure: !: not found ./configure: !: not found ./configure: !: not found ./configure: !: not found ./configure: curl-config: not found ./configure: curl-config: not found As the following bug report says: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/636315, "sh" is hard-coded in the script. Can't the script be modified to accept a $SHELL argument to make use of bash or other shell during configure and make step? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1090837/+subscriptions
