[Bug java/32045] unknown option -e for test command in gen-classlist.sh

[André Schneider <Andre dot Schneider at eas dot iis dot fraunhofer dot de>]

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 <Andre dot Schneider at eas dot iis dot fraunhofer dot de>  2007-05-22 22:47 -------
Subject: Re:  unknown option -e for test command in gen-classlist.sh

pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote:
> ------- Comment #1 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2007-05-22 18:36 -------
> You did not follow the instructions on installation
> (http://gcc.gnu.org/install/):

Sorry, but I have installed all GCC versions since 1993 without
any problems for SunOS, Solaris, Linux, and Windows.

Why is the -e option for test command SO IMPORTANT that you break
with a long and stable tradition?

> 
> The Solaris 2 /bin/sh will often fail to configure libstdc++-v3, boehm-gc or
> libjava. We therefore recommend using the following initial sequence of
> commands
> 
>         % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
>         % export CONFIG_SHELL
> and proceed as described in the configure instructions. In addition we strongly
> recommend specifying an absolute path to invoke srcdir/configure.
> 
> 
> test -e is part of POSIX already, just solaris's /bin/sh's builtin for test
> does not support it (read the man page for test further information).
> 

Most of the install scripts are so trivial that there is no
need for "special" or tricky options or scripts.

I guess the next GCC version will add new hints and readme's ...
A nightmare for administrators.

A better solution would be: keep it as simple as possible.
"small is beautiful".

Nevertheless, thanks a lot for new GCC version with OpenMP support!!!

/André

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Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits
Design Automation Division
Dresden, Germany


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