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Subject: Re: AIX /bin/sh chokes on autoconf 2 configure script
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>>>>> "Lonhyn" == Lonhyn T Jasinskyj <lonhyn@nas.nasa.gov> writes:

Lonhyn> Under AIX /bin/sh is not sh, it is ksh. If you really want sh then you
Lonhyn> need to use /bin/bsh. I wasted about half a day discovering this one
Lonhyn> time. Oftentimes cd breaks because of the intrusion of CDPATH or
Lonhyn> because cd tells you where it cd'ed to when it ends up "being smart"
Lonhyn> and using CDPATH. This often breaks the world.

I know, but that's not the point.  The point is that running
./configure chokes.  The question is whether to advise people on using 
something else, or if the problem should be fixed.  Previous configure 
scripts used to work fine with ksh.

-- 
Cheers =8-} Chipsy
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