Mail Archives: djgpp/2001/06/14/08:46:22
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> > Please post here the fragment(s) of the Configure script that cause the
> > error messages. It is next to impossible to try to guess what might be
> > wrong without seeing the failing command.
>
> One simple failing snippet on Win2kNL/sp1:
>
> C:\Tmp> cat test.sh
> if (PATH=.; alias -x) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> inksh=true
> fi
> C:\Tmp> sh test.sh
> test.sh: /dev/null: Permission denied (EACCESS)
Does a simple "echo foo > /dev/null" fails as well? How about
"echo foo >> /dev/null"?
If it does, please write a short test program that does imilar things,
and step into the I/O functions with a debugger. We must understand
what's wrong there to devise a solution or a work-around.
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