thanks for the reminder of adding 'builtin getconf;'
my default setup uses a .paths file that makes getconf builtin by default

I needed the HOSTTYPE to correlate with my test results
(its not used by the array.sh test)

thanks

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:56:42 +0100 Dr. Werner Fink wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 11:42:04AM -0500, Glenn Fowler wrote:
> > 
> > thanks for the report
> > 
> > what is the the output of
> >     ksh -c 'getconf HOSTTYPE'
> > or equivalently the output of
> >     bin/package

> OK this explains the error:

>  /suse/werner> ksh -c 'getconf HOSTTYPE'
>  getconf: Unrecognized variable `HOSTTYPE'
>  /suse/werner> ksh -c 'builtin getconf;getconf HOSTTYPE'
>  linux.i386
>  /suse/werner> 

> ... it seems that the variable HOSTTYPE isn't known
> to glibc's getconf

>      Werner

> -- 
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>           a peeing section in a swimming pool." -- Edward Burr

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