Hi Eric; On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:23, Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Your ls version is trying to output colors, even though it is in a > non-interactive context. Almost like using GNU 'ls --color=always' > instead of the recommended 'ls --color=auto', except that you said it > wasn't GNU ls. Are you sure you don't have some environment variable > (maybe LS_COLORS) exported, causing this behavior? > Good call. CLICOLOR_FORCE was set for some strange reason on both machines I tested on. Unsetting this variable fixed the problem. It's strange that this hasn't caused problems in the past because I think it's been set for a long time. Well, thank you very much. Your help is greatly appreciated. Joey _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf