GNU bug report logs - #63067
30.0.50; configure prints error with CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/sh

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 63067-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63067: 30.0.50; configure prints error with
 CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/sh
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 18:54:43 +0800

Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:

> My suggestion is to not worry about /bin/sh there. I.e., just run:
>
>   ./configure CC="/opt/SUNwspro/bin/cc -m64"
>
> and let 'configure' re-exec itself with a better shell. Or, if you'd
> rather pick the shell yourself, choose /bin/bash or /bin/ksh or
> /usr/xpg4/bin/sh instead of /bin/sh. The idea is to not bother testing
> with Solaris 10 /bin/sh as there's not much point nowadays to forcing
> execution of that ancient non-POSIX shell when configuring Emacs.

OK, but I still find it nicer for configure to work with any shell
supported by Autoconf.  So please don't object if I continue to fix
problems in configure as they appear.

Since this will be fixed the next time Gnulib is merged, I'm closing
this bug.

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