fre 2006-03-17 klockan 19:31 -0800 skrev Linda W:
> Mystery solved.
>
> My shell _expanded_ control sequences by default in echo. (echo "\1" -> becomes
> "echo ^A").
>
> Apparently there are literals in the configure script like "\\1" "\\2" that
> were trying to echo a literal '\1' into a "sed" script. Instead it was
> echoed in as a control-A.
Hmm.. so you have replaced /bin/sh with something else than a UNIX
shell? Or was it you /bin/echo being different?
> Am I misremembering, aren't their systems were expanded echo is the default?
If so then the GNU autoconf people have not run into it yet..
Good you found what it was, and a way around the problem. Even better if
you would enlighten us what it was you were using causing the problem,
and how you worked around it.
Regards
Henrik
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