Thread: PostgreSQL 7.3 Installation Error

./configure: line 29: syntax error near unexpected token `elif'
./configure: line 29: `elif test -n "${BASH_VERSION+set}" && (set -o posix)=
 >/de'/null 2>&1; then

"Riaan van Jaarsveld" <riaanvj@radioretail.co.za> writes:
> ./configure: line 29: syntax error near unexpected token `elif'
> ./configure: line 29: `elif test -n "${BASH_VERSION+set}" && (set -o posix)=
>>> /de'/null 2>&1; then

This is on what platform?

            regards, tom lane

"Riaan Van Jaarsveld" <riaanvj@radioretail.co.za> writes:
> ./configure: line 29: syntax error near unexpected token `elif'

>> This is on what platform?

> Debian (Woody)

That's odd.  Configure certainly works on Linux.  Is it possible
there's something broken about your local copy of the shell?

            regards, tom lane