[Gdal-dev] Can't configure GDAL for FreeBSD 5.5

[Mateusz Loskot]

vic at telerem.ru wrote:
> MS> A typical ressource of errors with 'configure' stuff is the fact that
> MS> on certain systems /bin/sh is, contradictory to widely assumption, not
> MS> necessarily a BASH. Many of the shell scripts that are distributed
> MS> nowadays actually rely on /bin/sh to conform with the BASH syntax when
> MS> it comes to handle variable contents - actually 'configure' nothing but
> MS> such a shell script.
> MS> You could try to investigate if this is actually the case here.
> 
> Thank you
> But I can't understand some sentences.
> 
> Do I need to test is my 'configure' really /bin/sh script or not?
> If yes how I can do it? What difference between /bin/sh and other
> shell?

I believe Martin is suggesting to ensure that the shell *you* are
using is Bash or compatible with Bash.

If now, try to use Bash shell to run the script.

Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
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