From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Mon Aug 25 20:50:09 2003
Subject: Fwd: Re: Configure fails on 'cd .' for Octave 2.1.49
From: Bruce Moore <bwmoore22 at yahoo dot com>
To: octave-help <help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:49:15 -0700 (PDT)

I get the same results when I use 

   bash ./configure

I'll try one of the binaries...


--- "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu> wrote:
> From: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:13:30 -0500
> To: Bruce Moore <bwmoore22 at yahoo dot com>
> Subject: Re: Configure fails on 'cd .' for Octave
> 2.1.49
> 
> On 22-Aug-2003, Bruce Moore <bwmoore22 at yahoo dot com>
> wrote:
> 
> | cd . works.
> | 
> | I found the line in the script; it tests for the
> | presense of src\octave.cc, which is there.
> | 
> | I commented out the lines associated with the 'cd
> .'
> | and 'test -r' , and it seems to be running.
> | 
> | I'm baffled.  I'll let you know what I find out.
> 
> What happens if you run
> 
>   bash ./configure
> 
> using the original configure script?  What is
> /bin/sh on your system?
> Is it bash or something else?
> 
> jwe


=====
Bruce Moore

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