Re: FreeBSD /bin/sh with SHELL=.../zsh breaking autoconf ./configure?

[Mike Meyer]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:03:55 +0100 Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:

> * Mike Meyer wrote on Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 01:58:52AM CET:
> > On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:15:11 +0100 Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > * Mike Meyer wrote on Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 02:56:50AM CET:
> > > > 
> > > > The configure script otherwise seems to run fine, creates the
> > > > Makefile, and exits without any other errors. Likewise, there are no
> > > > errors in config.log, nor any mention of as_func or shell
> > > > functions. However, the Makefile is pretty horribly broken.[...]
> 
> > > Can you send a unidiff of the broken case and a working case (/bin/sh)
> > > for the config.status file and the Makefile which causes make to bail?
> > 
> > Attached.
> > 
> > > Also, which zsh version is this?
> > 
> > zsh 4.3.2 (amd64-portbld-freebsd6.2)
> 
> Thanks.  This patch ports Python's makesetup to be usable with zsh, and
> results in a Makefile identical to one created with bash.  I have not
> checked whether other shell scripts in the Python package need similar
> treatment.  Please report this to the Python folks (best if you also
> mention the CONFIG_SHELL workaround I wrote in the previous mail).

This isn't a python specific issue; it occurs with other autoconf
generated configure scripts as well. Python was just the first one I
noticed.

        <mike

> Cheers,
> Ralf
> 
>         * Modules/makesetup: Port to zsh, taken from Autoconf.
> 
> --- Python-2.5.2/Modules/makesetup.orig       2008-03-11 07:59:23.000000000 
> +0100
> +++ Python-2.5.2/Modules/makesetup    2008-03-11 07:58:53.000000000 +0100
> @@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
>  # - for each variable definition found in Setup, insert the definition
>  #   before the comment 'Definitions added by makesetup'
>  
> +# zsh workaround
> +if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> +  emulate sh
> +  NULLCMD=:
> +  # Zsh 3.x and 4.x performs word splitting on ${1+"$@"}, which
> +  # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
> +  alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"'
> +  setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
> +fi
> +
>  # Loop over command line options
>  usage='
>  usage: makesetup [-s srcdir] [-l libdir] [-c config.c.in] [-m Makefile.pre]


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