Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I do not know specifically whether config.status.lineno is created on any > 8.3 platforms. I think you should assume it's not. > You are probably right about DJGPP > using Bash, so it may not be an issue in actual practice. All the DOS ports (djggp, mingw and cygwin) are quite recent and all based on gnu tools, so are generally untroubled by portability problems. > (Although this does not mean that we shouldn't fix it.) Actually, I think it does mean that. Ie. it works fine, and good reason to believe it will always, so no need to do anything.