From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Cloos Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs vista build failures Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:22:34 -0400 Message-ID: References: <36366a980807101702r5677d096g8e62ef5b3e278868@mail.gmail.com> <20080714195651.GF3445@muc.de> <487C5FA3.4070603@emf.net> <87zloggji9.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <878wvxxkn6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ej5oz4pb.fsf@saeurebad.de> <87vdyzxype.fsf@saeurebad.de> <871w1njq32.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87iquzxgtk.fsf@saeurebad.de> <4884CFEF.8040404@gmail.com> <87ej5nxew2.fsf@saeurebad.de> <4884DA4F.20203@gmail.com> <8763qzxcfd.fsf@saeurebad.de> <4884E551.3050304@gmail.com> <86fxq2j1af.fsf@timbral.net> <4885977B.6090700@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216747472 26188 80.91.229.12 (22 Jul 2008 17:24:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:24:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: thorne@timbral.net, Eli Zaretskii , Jason Rumney To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 22 19:25:20 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KLLbu-0007NJ-FO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:25:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49051 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLLb1-0003FB-46 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:24:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLLaH-00035P-F9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:23:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLLaG-00034o-QF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:23:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46747 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLLaG-00034d-Kr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:23:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eagle.jhcloos.com ([207.210.242.212]:4565) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLLa8-0002Dt-PJ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:23:25 -0400 Original-Received: by eagle.jhcloos.com (Postfix, from userid 10) id 0F17540198; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:23:23 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jhcloos.com; s=eagle; t=1216747403; bh=7OLT6VsizeQyQVN+kKC6xAZ30zbie6Y2mYqjsSsfE K8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=fyxGfVxY6e84FVeLTYhL5dEbiLC42L8JhabMn hWFFNro5sJ40JCBuGStZhWu3tWdRb+bdG92VvU5Jpd0nq6oh2C1ADzuGG5ZvkfoWRlW 10oYhLTsFb353nlu0/F5TieOsM3faWu3ULICMSWzxtBjZrltzhVXai2qb9PZfv3u4Rg = Original-Received: by lugabout.jhcloos.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id CD0D9210677; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:22:57 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:46:14 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAABHNCSVQICAgIfAhkiAAAAI1J REFUOE+lU9ESgCAIg64P1y+ngUdxhl5H8wFbbM0OmUiEhKkCYaZThXCo6KE5sCbA1DDX3genvO4d eBQgEMaM5qy6uWk4SfBYfdu9jvBN9nSVDOKRtwb+I3epboOsOX5pZbJNsBJFvmQQ05YMfieIBnYX FK2N6dOawd97r/e8RjkTLzmMsiVgrAoEugtviCM3v2WzjgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== Copyright: Copyright 2008 James Cloos OpenPGP: ED7DAEA6; url=http://jhcloos.com/public_key/0xED7DAEA6.asc OpenPGP-Fingerprint: E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 Original-Lines: 18 X-Hashcash: 1:23:080722:emacs-devel@gnu.org::lwIuzhms3Hc5ejjs:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000dDKf X-Hashcash: 1:23:080722:eliz@gnu.org::8nF192f1sk+jZM01:00000TpZ1 X-Hashcash: 1:23:080722:jasonr@gnu.org::C3b2oOI9qlbniS+3:001F0m7 X-Hashcash: 1:23:080722:thorne@timbral.net::fHG1mH+XZP/FT2ZB:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000LsM7 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:101227 Archived-At: >>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii writes: Eli> a typical configure script exercises many advanced shell features, Eli> and so crafting a shell that could run it will need to implement Eli> most of the features we have in Bash. Such a shell will be neither Eli> small nor portable, because a Posix shell needs quite a few Posix Eli> features. I thought the whole point of auto-tools was to work with any POSIX shell. So dash ought to be enough for that. When it comes down to it though, given what else is required, I suspect busybox may be the answer. It should cover everything needed to run a configure script. And is GPL, too. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6