x-files must die: generate *config.h from the Makefile, etc

[Graham Stott]

"Kaveh R. Ghazi" wrote:
> 
>  > On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 03:30:58PM +0000, Graham Stott wrote:
>  > > Zack
>  > >
>  > > On the trunk when ever your new mkconfig.sh script gets executed
>  > > I see one of the following messages.
>  > >
>  > >       "mv: write error: Bad file descriptor"
>  > >       "rm: write error: Bad file descriptor"
>  > >
>  > > I think it's because $output.T is still open when this bit of
>  > > the script get executed.
>  >
>  > It's not supposed to be; the line immediately above
>  >
>  > exec >&-
>  >
>  > is supposed to close it.
The strace log showed it was a close(1) system call that was triggering
the message.

> 
> Hmm, that rings a bell, some distant memory of a shell bug...  Try
> changing the line to:
> 
> exec >& /dev/null
> 
> Does that help?

Yes that eliminates the messages.

> 
>  > What system is this, and can you trace mv or rm and see which system
>  > call is failing?
>  > zw
Standard RH 7.0 using "GNU bash, version 2.04.11(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu)"

> Yes, what platform?  By any chance, is your build directory is NFS
> mounted?
No everything is build on a local disk.

> 
>                 --Kaveh
> --
> Kaveh R. Ghazi                  Engagement Manager / Project Services
> ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu          Qwest Internet Solutions

I forgot to mention this doesn't prevent bootstrapping its just another

Zack if you want the strace logs I can send them privately.

Graham