From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Dec 02 11:09:56 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Dec 2015 16:09:56 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36383 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a49yL-00072y-TD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:09:56 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38181) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a46Vz-0006YF-U6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:28:26 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a46Vv-0002dQ-IQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:28:07 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:37773) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a46Vv-0002dL-FO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:28:03 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48157) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a46Vu-0006Cx-Bd for bug-automake@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:28:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a46Vt-0002cq-CQ for bug-automake@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:28:02 -0500 Received: from mail-qg0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::235]:35451) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a46Vt-0002cj-8S for bug-automake@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:28:01 -0500 Received: by qgec40 with SMTP id c40so30920843qge.2 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 04:28:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:reply-to:to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=HO8pPup7fcntzLwMoqqyd+iI3TFeJ+/yLYKzW/Xbyn0=; b=XWs4XShjqmt45Az3+k9E4LmBlCjIzYI+fX8H3lG8L1T/7DksvlnzaAYA7oZvirlxRr SRioEI6AxIggy73AMmn/rxYBH207OTbdT5T5ucTH+VigK/L72m37/jVNGc+AtWl/459i IQ8fUzA/6Q1E7wuMcD1+ZLp0jR7H8cgj/O6XUWzjsvVUJj6KDN69i5aiFE+M81aaBJEE YCrRLKMvHKx5I8thAekula/m8M2gmBd3uj4kqTxoiAX9vBOPcRkexUk+ZhkmRox2mr+M g/qGxBzguvFW5ZpQrnYJds1oZUANll5FYrU+QcGACcdDTJ1nrZe6p9rjeRz1z8XEqKnO U/Xg== X-Received: by 10.140.251.212 with SMTP id w203mr3738769qhc.25.1449059280648; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 04:28:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from Vredefort2.local ([2601:18f:600:e20:6c3d:6bf1:3618:e782]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s20sm1094428qki.31.2015.12.02.04.27.59 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 02 Dec 2015 04:28:00 -0800 (PST) To: bug-automake@gnu.org From: Jarkko Hietaniemi Subject: unixware 7.1.4 rm command Message-ID: <565EE3CF.4090601@iki.fi> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 07:27:59 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:09:36 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: jhi@iki.fi List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) Tried to build GNU tar 1.28 in Unixware 7.1.4 (*), got the below: (*) $ uname -a: UnixWare unixware 5 7.1.4 i386 x86at SCO UNIX_SVR5 $ echo $PATH /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/java2-1.5.0/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/java/bin $ sh configure --prefix=/usr/local checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/local/bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... no checking whether UID '152' is supported by ustar format... yes checking whether GID '1' is supported by ustar format... yes checking how to create a ustar tar archive... plaintar UX:rm: ERROR: Incorrect usage UX:rm: TO FIX: Usage: rm [-fiRr] file ... Oops! Your 'rm' program seems unable to run without file operands specified on the command line, even when the '-f' option is present. This is contrary to the behaviour of most rm programs out there, and not conforming with the upcoming POSIX standard: Please tell bug-automake@gnu.org about your system, including the value of your $PATH and any error possibly output before this message. This can help us improve future automake versions. Aborting the configuration process, to ensure you take notice of the issue. You can download and install GNU coreutils to get an 'rm' implementation that behaves properly: . If you want to complete the configuration process using your problematic 'rm' anyway, export the environment variable ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM to "yes", and re-run configure. configure: error: Your 'rm' program is bad, sorry. $ which rm /usr/bin/rm From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Dec 10 00:44:32 2021 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Dec 2021 05:44:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45211 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mvYhs-0006mt-Fz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:44:32 -0500 Received: from woodpecker.gentoo.org ([140.211.166.183]:43604 helo=smtp.gentoo.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mvYhq-0006mf-D6 for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:44:30 -0500 Received: by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 559) id 07A83342FB8; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 05:44:23 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:44:30 -0500 From: Mike Frysinger To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: control@debbugs.gnu.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -3.1 (---) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.1 (----) block 10828 by 19692 block 10828 by 22074 block 10828 by 23563 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Dec 10 00:51:46 2021 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Dec 2021 05:51:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45225 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mvYos-00070e-Mr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:51:46 -0500 Received: from woodpecker.gentoo.org ([140.211.166.183]:44788 helo=smtp.gentoo.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mvYor-00070R-9X for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:51:45 -0500 Received: by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 559) id B651F342EDA; Fri, 10 Dec 2021 05:51:39 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:51:46 -0500 From: Mike Frysinger To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: control@debbugs.gnu.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) tags 19692 pending tags 22074 pending tags 23563 pending From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jan 25 16:53:13 2024 Received: (at 22074) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Jan 2024 21:53:13 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49432 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rT7eq-0002bj-Vz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:53:13 -0500 Received: from frenzy.freefriends.org ([198.99.81.75]:57630 helo=freefriends.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rT7eb-0002ZQ-CL for 22074@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:52:58 -0500 X-Envelope-From: karl@freefriends.org Received: from freefriends.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 40PLqorP009166 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:52:50 -0700 Received: (from apache@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 40PLqnp2009165; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:52:49 -0700 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:52:49 -0700 Message-Id: <202401252152.40PLqnp2009165@freefriends.org> From: Karl Berry To: jhi@iki.fi Subject: Re: bug#22074: unixware 7.1.4 rm command In-Reply-To: <565EE3CF.4090601@iki.fi> X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22074 Cc: 22074@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Hi Jarkko - back in 2015 (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22074, sorry for the delayed reply) you reported that your system failed the rm -f test. For the next automake release, we've removed this test and tried to accept any rm. (More info: https://bugs.gnu.org/10828.) If you have a chance to try an automake pretest to confirm this (downloadable from https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake-1.16j.tar.gz), that would be great. --thanks, karl.