Messages in this thread |  | | From | Jesse Thilo <> | Subject | Re: Problem in patch 26 - Configure | Date | Mon, 10 Feb 1997 14:30:31 -0500 (EST) |
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> This patch got made to Configure in pl26: > - if expr "$ans" : '0$\|-?[1-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null; then > + if expr "$ans" : '0$\|-\?[1-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null; then > > That's in the int function. There's a similar \ added before a + in the hex > function. This breaks configure. Every time you give an answer to an int > question (eg max no of tagged queue commands), it gives you the help. > This means that make oldconfig goes into an infinite loop.
Upgrade your GNU sh-utils (latest is 1.16). The expr command has been made a bit more POSIX compliant, and requires the backslash in these two cases.
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