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Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 22:10:44 -0800 (PST)
From: soren@primenet.com
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Subject: bsd on a 386 - 'configure' scripts for installs endlessly loop
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>Number:         2159
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       bsd on a 386 - 'configure' scripts for installs endlessly loop
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec  4 22:20:01 PST 1996
>Closed-Date:    Tue Mar 25 19:17:24 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:  Tue Mar 25 19:17:56 PST 1997
>Originator:     soren ragsdale
>Release:        2.1.6
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD sockmonkey.redheel.com 2.1.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE #0: Sun Nov 24 23:31:18  1996     jkh@whisker.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
source distributions like gcc and emacs come with a 'configure' script.
when I try to configure these programs, I get loops.  where the script
should find what my setup is, save the appropriate makefile, and exit
so that I can start compiling, it gets to the end and re-starts the
configure process so that I never actually get to the compiling.
This only occurs on our older 386 computer - compiling on the Pentium
sitting next to it works flawlessly, despite them both having identical
installs.  Suspect that this is a processor-specific problem.
Have ruled out the possibility of rogue configure.sh files left over
from previous installs - this happens consistently on brand new packages
and even brand new freebsd installs.
>How-To-Repeat:
install freebsd on a 386-based system.
get the most recent perl distribution
run the 'configure' script.
when it gets to the part where it tries to use makedepend, it'll start looping.  ta-dah.
>Fix:
no idea.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: mpp 
State-Changed-When: Tue Mar 25 19:17:24 PST 1997 
State-Changed-Why:  
The originator says that be thinks this was a hardware problem. 
>Unformatted:
