Re: [Libevent-users] Touble with installing libevent as user on Solaris

[Johan Commelin <j.m.commelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

I solved this problem (installing libevent on an old Solaris without
root access) by installing the previous version: 2.0.20. Somehow
everything went fine now...

For myself, I don't really need to know why 2.0.21 wouldn't compile,
but if you are interested in researching it further, I am glad to
provide you with more details.

Best,
Johan


On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Harlan Stenn <stenn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Johan Commelin writes:
>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Harlan Stenn <stenn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > The stock shell on (old) solaris is most ancient and has a number of
>> > quirks.
>> >
>> > If /usr/xpg4/bin/sh exists, I recommend you do whatever you can to
>> > invoke that instead.
>>
>> I do have bash available on the box. That's what I run as login shell.
>> I have not checked what shell I was dropped into, but I guess it is
>> also bash: the prompt has the same formatting.
>>
>> What exactly do you mean with invoking /usr/xpg4/bin/sh ? Should I put
>> the directory /usr/xpg4/bin/ to the front of my $PATH ?
>
> That may or may not be enough - the 'configure' process will sometimes
> look thinks up to get the fully-rooted path, and then use that.
>
> See http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html and look
> for CONFIG_SHELL.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Defining-Variables
> may help.
>
> H
> ***********************************************************************
> To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with
> unsubscribe libevent-users    in the body.
***********************************************************************
To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with
unsubscribe libevent-users    in the body.