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From: sperber@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor])
Date: 10 Dec 1996 09:02:27 +0100
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>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:

>>>>> "Valdis" == Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> writes:

Valdis> On Mon, 09 Dec 1996 10:43:15 CST, Steve March said:
>>> /bin/sh is linked to ksh on AIX (stupid though that may seem).
>>> /bin/bsh is the REAL Bourne shell.  Does /bin/bsh work for you?  If

Martin> As pointed out earlier, Sun ksh works fine.  AIXers of the world,
Martin> please provide more info on what exactly is broken with configure.

Both /bin/ksh and /bin/bsh are broken on AIX wrt configure.  /bin/ksh
on 4.1.4 screws up on the export file test---but that may be fixable.
I'd rather look into this once you guys have autoconf 2 support in.
/bin/bsh (and /bin/sh on >3.2.5) loops infinitely on or after the
nlist.h check.

Cheers =8-} Mike

