Bug#391248: autoconf: produces syntax error in configure script

2006-12-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 11:53:07AM -0700, Oliver Kurth wrote: > On 10/5/06, Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >At almost 4000 lines long, plus countless system-specific hacks, > >the OpenSSH configure.ac is a horrible abuse of Autoconf that I > >shudder even to look at. Thus, I'm not surprise

Bug#391248: autoconf: produces syntax error in configure script

2006-10-05 Thread Oliver Kurth
On 10/5/06, Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: reassign 391248 ssh tags 391248 + patch upstream thanks "Oliver Kurth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to compile openssh-4.3p2 (upstream). It requires a few > changes in the configure script to cross-compile, so I need to run > autocon

Bug#391248: autoconf: produces syntax error in configure script

2006-10-05 Thread Oliver Kurth
On 10/5/06, Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: reassign 391248 ssh tags 391248 + patch upstream thanks "Oliver Kurth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to compile openssh-4.3p2 (upstream). It requires a few > changes in the configure script to cross-compile, so I need to run > autocon

Bug#391248: autoconf: produces syntax error in configure script

2006-10-05 Thread Ben Pfaff
"Oliver Kurth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 10/5/06, Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm reassigning this bug to OpenSSH. > > No, it's not the openssh debian package's fault. It's a bug, and the bug is in the source tree used by the OpenSSH Debian package. How is it then not a bug in

Bug#391248: autoconf: produces syntax error in configure script

2006-10-05 Thread Ben Pfaff
reassign 391248 ssh tags 391248 + patch upstream thanks "Oliver Kurth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to compile openssh-4.3p2 (upstream). It requires a few > changes in the configure script to cross-compile, so I need to run > autoconf, but it also happens without these changes, after

Bug#391248: autoconf: produces syntax error in configure script

2006-10-05 Thread Oliver Kurth
Subject: autoconf: produces syntax error in configure script Package: autoconf Version: 2.60a-3 Severity: important I am trying to compile openssh-4.3p2 (upstream). It requires a few changes in the configure script to cross-compile, so I need to run autoconf, but it also happens without these cha