Re: configure: error: invalid package name: module

[Sam Steingold]

> * Paul Eggert <address@hidden> [2005-02-23 10:52:05 -0800]:
>
> Sam Steingold <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I get this error on cygwin:
>>
>> configure: error: invalid package name: module
>>
>> ... what can be done about this?
>
> You can try to track down the problem, e.g., with "sh -x configure".
>
> Here's the relevant lines:
>
>     expr "x$ac_package" : ".*[^-_$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
>       { echo "$as_me: error: invalid package name: $ac_package" >&2
>
> and it could well be that "expr" is broken on your host.

indeed, expr is my prime suspect.
unfortunately, this is not "deterministic":
i.e., this breaks at some unpredictable place.

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