Hi Dagobert - thanks. I'm aware of /usr/xpg4/bin. But automake should at
least not fail unexpectedly, hence my report. I think Mike's patch will
suffice. --cheers, karl.
Hi Karl,
Am 01.06.2015 um 23:02 schrieb Karl Berry :
> 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
if we can only test tools during configure, and the dist step
requires results from that probing ...
Fair enough. Patch is fine on that basis. --thanks, karl.
On 22 Feb 2022 16:29, Karl Berry wrote:
> The "test" item, most of the way down in the "Limitations of Shell
> Builtins" node of the Autoconf manual, reports a lot of the things that
> have led to the common forms/workarounds.
> https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.
i have no idea what the quoting style/preference is in the GNU world,
Nothing GNU-wide, but among autotools and related packages
written/maintained by approximately the same group of people, I believe
test x"$foo" = x1
is the most-usual style. Though "x$foo" is common too,
since it makes no
On 21 Feb 2022 16:26, Karl Berry wrote:
> should we change "unknown" to $GID & $UID respectively ?
>
> I guess it couldn't hurt, although I doubt it makes any difference in
> practice.
i feel like you just accidentally wrote Automake's motto :p
> if test $am_uid = "unknown"; then
>
> Do
should we change "unknown" to $GID & $UID respectively ?
I guess it couldn't hurt, although I doubt it makes any difference in
practice.
if test $am_uid = "unknown"; then
Don't we usually avoid quoting constant strings? I.e.:
if test "$am_uid" = unknown; then
AC_MSG_WARN([ancient
On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 21:02:32 +, Karl Berry wrote:
> 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 --
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 'unknow
