On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 17:45, Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Eric > At this point, I would have to see the configure file (or at least the > relevant portion around the point where the error message occurs, about > touch not liking -b). But seeing as how the report was about building > emace, this may be something where you are better off asking on an emacs > list. Or maybe this is tickling a bug in the user's shell; do they have > an alternate shell, like bash, installed, where they can use > CONFIG_SHELL=path/to/sh path/to/sh ./configure to overcome it? Ahh, maybe I wasn't as clear as I should have been; this error is obtained in building autoconf, not emacs. The error occurs in the lib/emacs directory of the autoconf source. The source used is from the autoconf-2.65 release tarball. Cheers Adam _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
