Re: make check problems with coreutils 7.2 and earlier

[Erik Auerswald]

Hello Jim,

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 07:26:45AM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Tim Mooney wrote:
> 
> > ./configure --prefix=/local/gnu --exec-prefix=/local/gnu --build 
> > x86_64-sun-solaris2.10 --sysconfdir=/etc/local/gnu 
> > --libdir=/local/gnu/lib/64 --mandir=/local/gnu/share/man 
> > --infodir=/local/gnu/share/info --localstatedir=/var/local/gnu --disable-nls
> 
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /local/gnu/bin/ginstall -c
> > checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> 
> Considering all of the programs from /usr/xpg4/bin mentioned
> in that output, I suspect you have an unusual PATH.
> What is your PATH?

Just for info: the /usr/xpg4/bin directory is one of several to make
Solaris standards compliant. You can use different binary dirs to have
compliance to different versions of the standards.

Sorry, I don't have access to a Solaris machine right now, so I can't
check all the details.

Best regards,
Erik
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