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RE: bootstrap problem on sparc-sun-solaris2.7: libtool configure failed
- From: "Rupert Wood" <me at rupey dot net>
- To: "'Joe Buck'" <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot com>
- Cc: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:37:14 +0100
- Subject: RE: bootstrap problem on sparc-sun-solaris2.7: libtool configure failed
Joe Buck wrote:
> updating cache ../config.cache
> loading cache ../config.cache within ltconfig
> configure: error: libtool configure failed
This problem came up last year:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-04/threads.html#00423
(Please excuse my old muddled posts.) I think it's a bug in Sun's
/bin/sh - you get exactly the same behaviour on i686-pc-solaris2.7.
I thought someone put a workaround in place to use another shell (one of
the kshes?) instead of /bin/sh when building on Solaris2.7 - and it
certainly worked for a while - but I can't find any reference to that
now. Sorry.
The problem is that the step that executes the cache file causes the
shell to die. If you adding debug echoes before or after that step, it
executes OK (!). It's probably a very well hidden bug.
Rup.