Hi Karl, Am 01.06.2015 um 23:02 schrieb Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org>: > Running a configure script on solaris 5.10 generated with automake-1.15, > I got these errors about id, which being pre-POSIX, does not support -u: > > id: illegal option -- u > Usage: id [-ap] [user] > id: illegal option -- g > Usage: id [-ap] [user] > checking whether UID 'unknown' is supported by ustar format... > ./configure: line 4190: test: unknown: integer expression expected > no > checking whether GID 'unknown' is supported by ustar format... > ./configure: line 4200: test: unknown: integer expression expected > no
This is a long-standing issue on Solaris and the fix I use is prepending /usr/xpg4/bin to PATH as there are multiple versions of id installed by default as documented in id(1m). Best regards — Dago -- "You don't become great by trying to be great, you become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process." - xkcd #896
