Re: loop in 2.53-generated configure on nextstep

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "davida" == David Arnold <address@hidden> writes:

davida> i've struck a problem when attempting to install a package on
davida> an old NeXTStep machine.  the package in question has a
davida> configure file (generated by autoconf-2.53) which ends up
davida> looping endlessly.

davida> the problem appears to be around the LINENO alternative code:
davida> it runs the two sed commands ok (if slowly :-) and then
davida> sources the new file ($as_me.lineno).  it then starts
davida> executing from the top again, until hitting the same point,
davida> when it loops again.  it never appears to break out of this
davida> loop.

davida> has anyone seen this before?  any suggestions?

Could you try running make check on 2.53b?  TIA!

  ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/autoconf-2.53b.tar.gz   (1006K  
autoconf-2.53b.tar.gz)
  ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/autoconf-2.53b.tar.bz2  (763K   
autoconf-2.53b.tar.bz2)