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Re: new package proposal : CLISP


> * In message <Pine.GSO.4.56.0309091107240.19356@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>
> * On the subject of "Re: new package proposal :  CLISP"
> * Sent on Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:25:01 -0400 (EDT)
> * Honorable Igor Pechtchanski <...> writes:
>
> > $ ls /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/ | wc -l
> > 41
> > $ cygcheck -c | wc -l
> > 206
> >
> > so only 20% of packages supply this cygwin-specific README.
> 
> Try also "ls /usr/doc/Cygwin/ | wc -l" -- some older packages still have
> their Cygwin-specific docs there.  That still doesn't cover all the
> packages, but will probably bring the total to well over 50%.

nope. only 50 more packages there.

> > > > > Last but not least, targetting cygwin-1.5.x is now a requirement
> > > >
> > > > Oh boy....
> > > >
> > > > I upgraded to 1.5.3 last Friday and I cannot _configure_!
> > > > the configure scripts fail with:
> > > >
> > > > ./configure --with-module=syscalls --with-module=regexp --build --fsstnd=redhat --with-module=dirkey --with-module=bindings/win32 --with-module=clx/new-clx --with-libsigsegv-prefix=/usr/local/libsigsegv-cygwin build-O
> > > > ......
> > > > executing /cygdrive/d/gnu/clisp/current/build-O/avcall/configure --srcdir=../../ffcall/avcall --with-module=syscalls --with-module=regexp --with-module=dirkey --with-module=bindings/win32 --with-module=clx/new-clx --with-libsigsegv-prefix=/usr/local/libsigsegv-cygwin --cache-file=../config.cache
> > > > configure: error: invalid package name: module
> > > >
> > > > the cause is an `expr' call which unexpectedly fails.
> > > > if I add any other `expr' call right before the failing one, it works...
> > > >
> > > > advice?!
> > >
> > > Umm, sorry, I'm not as configure-savvy as I'd like to be...  Do you
> > > use autoconf?
> >
> > yes.
> >
> > > If so, did you re-run it after upgrading?
> >
> > yes.
> >
> > > It would help knowing which versions of autotools you have installed.
> >
> > autoconf             2.57a-1        OK
> > automake             1.7.5a-1       OK
> 
> Aren't those "test" versions?  Do you get the same problem with the
> "curr" ones?  In any case, I'll just let some autotool expert (Chuck?)
> speak up on this one.

this, I think, is irrelevant.
the problem appears to be no the configure scripts, but the
_intermittent_ failure of `expr'.  it is conceivable that a full clean
re-build of sh-utils (of which `expr' is a part) might fix the problem.

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