[lug] [OT] Autoconf question

[Scott Herod]

Thanks Tom.  I'll use your suggestion.  (I'm going with edited
version of configure right now but of course next time I run autoconf
they'll be back.)

Thanks,

Scott

On 10 Jan 2003, Tom Tromey wrote:

> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Herod <herod at dimensional.com> writes:
>
> Scott> Is it possible to build autoconf so that it creates scripts
> Scott> with first line "#! /bin/bash" rather than "#! /bin/sh"?
>
> Nope.  That would defeat one of the major points of autoconf, namely
> being portable across systems.

Oh, right.  Good point.

> Scott> (For what it's worth, this is on a Solaris 5.8 box.)
>
> Yeah.
>
> I think Akim has a plan to make configure scripts choose a better
> shell automatically.  I'm not sure of the status of that.  Also you
> can run `bash configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash' and it will work
> properly, even when re-running config.status.
>
> Tom