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RE: autoconf issues [often when upgrading from 2.13->2.53a]


I'm using Win2K.  

I'm pretty reluctant to point the finger at 'sed', but unfortunately I
don't have any more clues at this time.  Can you add 'set -xv' to the
generated configure script at the place in the code where 'sed' is
called, and post the result?  That, along with the input stream, could
help to debug that problem.  Also, it would help to know what
configure.in statements are generating the corresponding code in the
generated configure script, if you're able to identify those statements.

As usual, three basics are needed before the problem can be debugged:

  1. The command(s) that are "causing" the problem.
  2. The results you expected.
  3. The results you got.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas Wourms [mailto:nwourms@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 6:55 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: autoconf issues [often when upgrading from 2.13->2.53a]
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Harig, Mark A." <maharig@idirect.net> wrote:
> > Have you tried downgrading to the stable tools (2.13) to see if the
> > problem is still occurring, or is that not an option (i.e, the
> > configure.in requires 2.53)?
> > I had a problem recently where it appeared that sed was running in
> > an
> > infinite loop.  When I downgraded to the stable tools, the problem
> > disappeared.
> 
> Unfortunately I have to use 2.53, otherwise libtool will not build
> the dll's properly.  You hit the nail right on the head, there is
> something awefully wierd going on, and I think sed is at the center
> of it.  Why just the other day I was trying to use texi2pdf, and
> wouldn't you know it sed was stuck in an infinite loop.  What OS are
> you running?  My initial opinion is that the sed is experiencing
> bit-rot.  It hasn't been updated since 2000 (the code itself since
> '98), you know.  The problem is that this is so random, there's no
> easy way to tell for sure.  I just have a hunch at this point...
> 
> Cheers,
> Nicholas
> 
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