Thread: Bug in configure script for build postgresql

Bug in configure script for build postgresql

From
Azat Khuzhin
Date:
Hi all!
Yesterday-today I try to install postgresql, and I have noticed bug in configure script

If path which you try to install postgresql from, contains "&" symbol, then configure doesn`t work correctly (it doesn`t make make file)

It writes some thing like this:
config.status: creating GNUmakefile
sed: -e expression #1, char 358: unknown option to `s'
config.status: creating src/Makefile.global
sed: -e expression #1, char 374: unknown option to `s'


I attach here my modify configure script, line ~30389
I don`t good at scripting on shell, so I can`t change this script to the right way!

And when I remove symbol "&" from path name - configure works correctly!

Re: Bug in configure script for build postgresql

From
Robert Haas
Date:
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Azat Khuzhin <dohardgopro@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all!
> Yesterday-today I try to install postgresql, and I have noticed bug in
> configure script
> If path which you try to install postgresql from, contains "&" symbol, then
> configure doesn`t work correctly (it doesn`t make make file)
> It writes some thing like this:
> config.status: creating GNUmakefile
> sed: -e expression #1, char 358: unknown option to `s'
> config.status: creating src/Makefile.global
> sed: -e expression #1, char 374: unknown option to `s'

I can reproduce this.

> I attach here my modify configure script, line ~30389

No, you didn't.

> I don`t good at scripting on shell, so I can`t change this script to the
> right way!
> And when I remove symbol "&" from path name - configure works correctly!

I think this is more than likely a bug in autoconf (which is used to
generate configure) than in PostgreSQL.

-- 
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Compan


Re: Bug in configure script for build postgresql

From
Azat Khuzhin
Date:
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Azat Khuzhin <dohardgopro@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all!
> Yesterday-today I try to install postgresql, and I have noticed bug in
> configure script
> If path which you try to install postgresql from, contains "&" symbol, then
> configure doesn`t work correctly (it doesn`t make make file)
> It writes some thing like this:
> config.status: creating GNUmakefile
> sed: -e expression #1, char 358: unknown option to `s'
> config.status: creating src/Makefile.global
> sed: -e expression #1, char 374: unknown option to `s'

I can reproduce this.

> I attach here my modify configure script, line ~30389

No, you didn't.
Sorry, I forgot an attachment 

> I don`t good at scripting on shell, so I can`t change this script to the
> right way!
> And when I remove symbol "&" from path name - configure works correctly!

I think this is more than likely a bug in autoconf (which is used to
generate configure) than in PostgreSQL.
Maybe. 

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Compan

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