Le 02/11/2014 00:56, Christopher Gregory a écrit :

> Hello,
> 
> To put things rather bluntly, you need to learn how to follow what is
> posted in the output of error messages.  The output CLEARLY states to
> use --disable-gstreamer and yet you fail to follow the software
> developers directive.
> 
> The whole essence of using linux is to read and follow any instructions
> that an error message states, and only after you have done so and still
> get the same error to ask on a mailing list.
> 
> If you are unable to actually do this then the bottom line is that linux
> is not something that you should be using.
> 
> I know this sounds harsh but it is the truth.
> 
> Also when testing the book for both a release and when we are updating
> it, we do not always put everything that there is on the page.  In the
> case of firefox, again there is the directive to READ the help file,
> which you have totally ignored.
> 
> Christopher.
> 
@Christopher: Usually, book editors strive to provide working instructions.
So, when it does not work, it is natural that users ask to the list. I am
almost sure the OP knew what to do when he saw that error. Actually, the
original post was about the SHELL variable, not gstreamer.

@Richard: xterm does not set the SHELL environment variable if the shell is
not listed in the /etc/shells file (see "man xterm"). It only sets XTERM_SHELL
in that case. So, several solutions:
export SHELL=$XTERM_SHELL before running firefox building instructions, or
as you already found out,
SHELL=/bin/sh make...
or create the /etc/shells file (Chapter 3 of the BLFS book), and restart xterm.

Pierre
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