configure problem - vfork

[Loren James Rittle]

> How are you?

Great!

> I met the hanging problem when I execute configure command of gcc-3.2.1.
> My steps are as belows.

> Could you let me know if you have any idea.

> # ./config.guess
> alphaev56-dec-osf5.1
[...]
> # ./configure
[...]
> checking for working vfork...
[...hang here...]

I had this note from the last time I built this port:
alpha*-dec-osf5*; -pthread vfork configuration test hangs

It is documented that thread support is broken for this port.  At some
point, --enable-threads was made the default for all (POSIX?) ports.
The situation seems less than ideal for this port.

Try:
./configure --disable-threads

Also, arranging for bash to be used by configure (if not done by
default yet --- there were patches floated to do so) may help.

Regards,
Loren