Re: pkg/32075: Solaris' test program does not have a "-e" option

[grant beattie <grant%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/32075; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: grant beattie <grant%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/32075: Solaris' test program does not have a "-e" option
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:41:04 +1100

 On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 04:47:01AM +0000, ykomatsu%akaumigame.org@localhost 
wrote:
 
 > >Number:         32075
 > >Category:       pkg
 > >Synopsis:       Solaris' test program does not have a "-e" option
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    pkg-manager
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov 15 04:47:00 +0000 2005
 > >Originator:     Yoshito Komatsu
 > >Release:        NetBSD 3.0_BETA
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > System: NetBSD sv5.ln.akaumigame.org 3.0_BETA NetBSD 3.0_BETA 
 > XENU_LNAKAUMIGAMEORG) #0: Fri Aug 26 16:40:24 JST 2005 
 > komatsu%sv5.ln.akaumigame.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/XENU_LNAKAUMIGAMEORG
 >   i386
 > Architecture: i386
 > Machine: i386
 > >Description:
 > Solaris' test program does not have a "-e" option,
 > and zope3 configure script failed.
 > 
 > ftp://ftp0.mh.bbc.co.uk/pub/pkgsrc/pkgstat/20051114.1024/www/zope3/.broken.build1.html
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Build www/zope3 on SunOS 5.9/sparc.
 > >Fix:
 > To fix this problem, we should a "-f" option instead of a "-e" option
 > in the configure script.
 
 this should not happen at all, because configure scripts are run using
 ${CONFIG_SHELL}, which on Solaris is /bin/ksh, whose built-in test(1)
 does support -e.
 
 I guess the script isn't being run via ${CONFIG_SHELL} for some
 reason.
 
 grant.