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Subject: Re: Makefile.in using /bin/pwd fails. 
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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 14:45:33 -0500
From: Vinnie Shelton  <shelton@icd.teradyne.com>

> I just noticed, one of my systems doesn't have /bin/pwd. It's a Linux box
>  with sh-utils installed in /usr. So the make installed failed (well,
> at least it gave some error messages) because it used /bin/pwd.
> 
> Unless anyone can come up with some arguments as to why pwd must be assumed
> to be in /bin, I propose changing /bin/pwd to just pwd in the makefiles,
> as the enclosed patch does.

Some shells do directory tracking via pwd.  That's why "/bin/pwd" is 
required.  Your Linux box is broken, IMO.  I think there's one of the 
POSIX standards which specifies /bin/pwd.

vin

