Subject: Re: strange build failure
To: Dheeraj Reddy <dheerajr@gmail.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 08/24/2006 22:11:46
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:03:22 -0400, "Dheeraj Reddy" <dheerajr@gmail.com>
wrote:
> This is because of rev 1.75 of /src/bin/sh/expand.c
>
> updating to rev1.76 of the said file fixes it.
>
> You could either build /bin/sh separately or use a different shell for
> building.
>
>
Ahh -- the working machine has 1.74. I've copied that one over to the
laptop and have started the build again. Thanks.
Btw -- how could I tell build.sh (or make) to use a different shell for
building? As I believe I mentioned, root's shell is /bin/ksh.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb