> * Paul Eggert <rttreg@xxxxxxxxxxx> [2005-02-23 10:52:05 -0800]: > > Sam Steingold <sds@xxxxxxx> 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. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.honestreporting.com> Don't use force -- get a bigger hammer. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf