BSDI

Q:

The following error occurs while compiling:

% ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i386-pc-bsdi3.1
checking target system type... i386-pc-bsdi3.1
checking build system type... i386-pc-bsdi3.1
expr: syntax error, last argument was `'
test: syntax error: Undefined error: 0
expr: syntax error, last argument was `'
test: syntax error: Undefined error: 0
expr: syntax error, last argument was `'
test: syntax error: Undefined error: 0
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
...

A:

  To correct this for BSDI I replaced the following script fragment from
configure:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Add to the default list of places in LDFLAGS to compensate for
# ... the configure default value of LIBS on some systems
#
for x in /usr/local/gnu/lib /usr/local/gnulib /usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib
do
  if test -d "$x"; then
    y=`expr match "$LDFLAGS" ".*-L$x"`
    if test $y -eq 0; then
      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$x"
    fi
  fi
done

#
# Add to the default list of places in CPPFLAGS to match LDFLAGS above
#
for x in /usr/include /usr/local/gnu/include /usr/local/include
do
  if test -d "$x"; then
    y=`expr match "$CPPFLAGS" ".*-I$x"`
    if test $y -eq 0; then
      CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$x"
    fi
  fi 
done
------------------------------------------------------------------------

   With this script fragment, which successfully executed:

------------------------------------------------------------------------

#
# Add to the default list of places in LDFLAGS to compensate for
# ... the configure default value of LIBS on some systems
#
for x in /usr/local/gnu/lib /usr/local/gnulib /usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib
do
  if test -d "$x"; then
    case $LDFLAGS in
    .*-L$x)
      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$x"
      ;;
    esac
  fi
done
   
#
# Add to the default list of places in CPPFLAGS to match LDFLAGS above
#
for x in /usr/include /usr/local/gnu/include /usr/local/include
do
  if test -d "$x"; then
    case $CPPFLAGS in
    .*-I$x)
      CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$x"
      ;;
    esac
  fi
done
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

   I have not completed compiling, installing, testing yet, but presume I
should be fine from here. Thanks for the help.

-Jeff
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Jeff Reed
    Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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