Hi This issue was reported earlier but with apparently no response:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2006-05/msg00018.html When su'd to a non-root user under Linux the configure check fails: checking whether /dev/fd is available... absent Here is a suggested patch as per the following analysis: http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-dev/2006-August/057860.html diff -Naur bash-3.1.orig/aclocal.m4 bash-3.1/aclocal.m4 --- bash-3.1.orig/aclocal.m4 2005-05-09 19:23:14.000000000 +0000 +++ bash-3.1/aclocal.m4 2006-08-14 02:45:30.000000000 +0000 @@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ AC_CACHE_VAL(bash_cv_dev_fd, [if test -d /dev/fd && test -r /dev/fd/0 < /dev/null; then # check for systems like FreeBSD 5 that only provide /dev/fd/[012] - exec 3<&0 + exec 3</dev/null if test -r /dev/fd/3; then bash_cv_dev_fd=standard else Thanks Greg _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
