[freetds] 64-Bit solaris

Christos Zoulas christos at zoulas.com
Fri Oct 20 23:44:18 EDT 2006


On Oct 20, 10:56pm, jklowden at freetds.org ("James K. Lowden") wrote:
-- Subject: Re: [freetds] 64-Bit solaris

| Martin Spott wrote:
| > fix the first line in 'autogen.sh'; in fact, this is _not_ a
| >    Bourne-shell script!, this script requires Bash for proper
| >    execution ....  at least this is my experience
| 
| Hi Martin!  
| 
| What exactly happens when you try to execute autogen.sh with /bin/sh?  
| 
| I do it all the time on NetBSD.  It defintely doesn't *require* bash.  
| 
| I wonder whether there's something nonstandard in the script (nothing
| obvious to me) or if perhaps your /bin/sh falls short in some way?  
| 
| I'd rather change the script so it works with anything claiming to be a
| Bourne shell.  
| 

I'd personally stop short of "fixing" the script so that it works with
the Solaris /bin/sh :-) Seriously Sun should be ashamed for not fixing
or replacing the basic tools and hiding the working ones in /usr/xpg4/bin,
and their customers should complain.

christos


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