Re: non-xpg4 compliant /bin/sh and Sun compilation ?

make -e does it. Thanks. Sylvain. >>>>>"Vin" == Vin Shelton <ethersoft(a)gmail.com&gt; writes: Vin> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:36:34 +0100, Sylvain Mazet Vin> <sylvain.mazet(a)silvaco.com&gt; wrote: >> Hi, >> >> compiling XEmacs-21.5.19 on Sun (solaris 5.8), I get this error >> when gnumaking: >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Dumping under the name xemacs if test -f dump-size; then \ >> ../lib-src/insert-data-in-exec temacs xemacs.dmp xemacs ` >> ./temacs -si`; \ ret=$? ; \ if test ${ret} -eq 2; then \ rm -f >> dump-size ; \ else \ if test ${ret} -eq 1; then \ exit 1; \ >> else \ chmod +x xemacs ; \ fi ; \ fi ; \ fi dumped_data found >> at offset 0x45c208, patching. dumped_data found at offset >> 0x45c208, patching. if ! test -f dump-size; then \ >> ../lib-src/insert-data-in-exec -s xemacs.dmp > dump-size ; \ rm >> -f dump-data.o xemacs xemacs.dmp temacs;\ gnumake xemacs; \ fi >> /bin/sh: !: not found >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> And then compilation goes on to completion.... >> >> I did set CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh in my environment >> before configuring. >> >> I found that changing SHELL=/bin/sh to SHELL=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh >> >> in src/GNUmakefile removes the error. >> >> It seems to me that SHELL=/bin/sh is hard coded in the >> Makefile.in.in files, and triggers the same kind of problem as >> for the configure script. >> >> I can provide more info if needed, >> >> Sylvain Mazet. >> >> Vin> Does running 'make -e' help? That should force the Vin> environment setting of SHELL to take priority.