From: Rainer Orth <ro@...>
Date: 2011-11-08T23:25:42+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:40841] [ruby-trunk - Bug #5594][Open] test -e in configure is unportable


Issue #5594 has been reported by Rainer Orth.

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Bug #5594: test -e in configure is unportable
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5594

Author: Rainer Orth
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2p290 (2011-07-09 revision 32553) [sparc-solaris2.10]


When I tried to build ruby 1.9.2-p290 on Solaris 10 (both SPARC and x86), it failed with an
error in the configure script:

checking for cd using phisical directory... ./configure: test: argument expected

While the typo has been fixed in 1.9.3-p0, the use of test -e is still there.  Solaris
10 /bin/sh doesn't support it, it lets the configure script abort immediately, and it is
documented as `avoid/unportable' in the autoconf docs.


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