[2.99.3] ./configure[597]: syntax error at line 74 : `{' unmatched

[Martin Schröder]

Configure fails on Irix 6.5:
-
configuring in web2c
running /bin/sh ./configure  --prefix=/usr/local/teTeX 
--bindir=${prefix}/bin/mips-sgi-irix6.5 --cache-file=.././config.cache 
--srcdir=.
loading cache .././config.cache
./configure[597]: syntax error at line 74 : `{' unmatched
configure: error: ./configure failed for web2c
configure: error: ./configure failed for texk
-
The shell is an old bash: 1.14.3(1)

configure.log is available

Best regards
Martin
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Re: [2.99.3] ./configure[597]: syntax error at line 74 : `{' unmatched

[ezra peisach]

I found that the system /bin/sh is sufficient to configure under
Irix... I would suggest trying that instead of explicitly using
bash...

(How did you invoke configure - to change shells?) 

 Ezra

Re: [2.99.3] ./configure[597]: syntax error at line 74 : `{' unmatched

[Thomas Esser]

 Configure fails on Irix 6.5:
...
 ./configure[597]: syntax error at line 74 : `{' unmatched

Oops... I just found it in my PROBLEMS file:

- SGI Irix 6.5.22m, ./configure fails with:
...
loading cache .././config.cache
./configure[588]: syntax error at line 73 : `{' unmatched

  Work-around: install fw_bash and set CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/freeware/bin/bash
  (environment variable) for the configure run.

It might in fact be a problem with /bin/sh (being broken) on some versions
of Irix...

Thomas

Re: [2.99.3] ./configure[597]: syntax error at line 74 : `{' unmatched

[Olaf Weber]

Thomas Esser writes:

 Configure fails on Irix 6.5:
 ...
 ./configure[597]: syntax error at line 74 : `{' unmatched

 Oops... I just found it in my PROBLEMS file:

 - SGI Irix 6.5.22m, ./configure fails with:
 ...
 loading cache .././config.cache
 ./configure[588]: syntax error at line 73 : `{' unmatched

   Work-around: install fw_bash and set CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/freeware/bin/bash
   (environment variable) for the configure run.

 It might in fact be a problem with /bin/sh (being broken) on some versions
 of Irix...

Let me guess, line 73 matches some horrible expression for
lt_cv_mumble in config.cache?

I think this is a known IRIX /bin/sh bug, which is fixed in IRIX 6.5.25.

 Thomas

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