Re: FW: [Bug: 21.5-b27] configure errors on Solaris

Ron Isaacson writes: > cheap hack. I have no idea why this would work on Linux but fail on > Solaris, although I do note that CONFIG_SHELL ends up being /bin/bash > on Linux and /bin/ksh on Solaris, so perhaps it's something > ksh-specific. Any ideas? Solaris is well(?)-known for this kind of failure mode (see also /usr/ucb/bin/cc, IIRC, and everybody's favorite utility, Solaris tar). I think we're reasonably good about keeping bash-isms out of our configure script, but I don't think ksh is close enough to Bourne sh to work. And there's no guarantee that Solaris's ksh is the same as other ksh's. It might even be buggy. ;-) I would try to force a Bourne shell. I'll see if I can find a ksh somewhere and try that on Linux and Mac OS X.