configure bug in binutils 2.9.1 and egcs 1.0.3a on FreeBSD

[Marty Leisner]

> I am using FreeBSD 2.2.6, and its sh is finnicky about test expressions.
> This bug shows up on this platform when you configure either binutils 2.9.1
> or egcs 1.0.3a and have something like CFLAGS=-g in the environment.
> 
> The manifestation is seeing `[: syntax error' messages mysteriously several
> times throughout the configure run.  Using sh -x, I traced it to some
> instances of `if [ -z "$CFLAGS" -a -r Makefile ]' and the like.  It so
> happens that $CFLAGS is -g, and the FreeBSD sh gives an error for
> `[ -z -g -a -r Makefile ]' and other such constructions like 
> `[ -z -g -a -n foo ]' (though, oddly, not for `[ -z -g ]' alone).
> 
> The fix I would recommend to work around this is to replace uses of
> -z and -n with = and != tests, as in `[ "x$CFLAGS" = x ]'.
> 
> Note that invoking configure with bash does not alleviate the problem,
> because someplace in the bowels of configure sees fit to reinvoke itself
> with `eval /bin/sh configure ...'.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Roland


Did you try:
	CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash bash ./configure

I think that may help recursive configures...


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