On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 5:39 PM <randall.s.becker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A number of configuration options are not automatically detected by > configure mechanisms, including the location of Perl and Python. > > There was a problem at a specific set of operating system versions > that caused getopt to have compile errors. Account for this by > providing emulation defines for those versions. This version of the patch looks much better and addresses my comments on previous attempts. One note below... > Signed-off-by: Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname > @@ -441,26 +441,45 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),NONSTOP_KERNEL) > + # The current /usr/coreutils/rm at lowest support level does not work > + # with the git test structure. Long paths cause nftw as in > + # 'trash directory...' cause rm to terminate prematurely without fully > + # removing the directory at OS releases J06.21 and L17.02. > + # Default to the older rm until those two releases are deprecated. > + RM = /bin/rm -f Thanks, this comment does a much better job of explaining the actual problem and selling the solution. There is a slight grammatical problem: Long paths _cause_ ... _cause_ rm to terminate... which might deserve fixing.