Re: Strange build error on Mac OS X (10.6.3)

[Adam Mercer]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 17:45, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

Eric

> At this point, I would have to see the configure file (or at least the
> relevant portion around the point where the error message occurs, about
> touch not liking -b).  But seeing as how the report was about building
> emace, this may be something where you are better off asking on an emacs
> list.  Or maybe this is tickling a bug in the user's shell; do they have
> an alternate shell, like bash, installed, where they can use
> CONFIG_SHELL=path/to/sh path/to/sh ./configure to overcome it?

Ahh, maybe I wasn't as clear as I should have been; this error is
obtained in building autoconf, not emacs. The error occurs in the
lib/emacs directory of the autoconf source. The source used is from
the autoconf-2.65 release tarball.

Cheers

Adam