[Zlib-devel] zlib-1.2.4.3: configure script fails on NetBSD 5.0.2 IA-32

[Cosmin Truta]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Mark Adler wrote:
> On Apr 12, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
>> Using bash instead of /bin/sh produces a successful build and test:
>> [...]
>
> Well, dang.  That means that the automagical detection of an old sh and exec bash at the beginning of configure isn't working.  I was hoping that that would solve this.

Mark, maybe you already do this, but in case you don't: run your tests
with ash instead of the default sh. It might or might not make a
difference in this particular case, but in general, the Almquist shell
is a very good example of a minimalist Bourne-compatible shell, and a
good and easy method to flag errors caused by various non-Bourne
extensions.

Best regards,
Cosmin