Large file system support in 2.1.2 (was Re: [Python-Dev] release for 2.1.2, plus 2.2.1...) (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
Sun, 6 Jan 2002 12:37:00 +0100

Yup. A bash bug?

/bin/sh (aka bash) version 2.03.8 on RH6.1 vs. 2.05.1 on MD8.1. It isn't sed, which is at version 3.02 on both. Hmm, a bash bug?

Could be a test problem as well. Line 1451 in configure currently reads

if test -z "$OPT"

My guess that this is where the environment setting is overwritten. Just put

echo "Current value of OPT is x${OPT}x"

before this test, and

echo "New value of OPT is x${OPT}x"

after the if statement.

Actually, after re-reading the autoconf documentation, I think I see what's happending. $OPT starts with a - (HYPHEN MINUS), so test treats it as an option. Please try replacing the test with

if test ${OPT+set} != set

HTH, Martin