[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] fix configure script for non-bash shells

[Götz Waschk]

Am Dienstag, 20. Mai 2003, 14:21:36 Uhr MET, schrieb Arpi:
> > this patch fixes configure for the /bin/sh from Solaris 7 and possibly
> > others.
> >      if darwin ; then.
> > -	if [[ $(sysctl -n hw.vectorunit) == 1 ]]; then.
> > +	if [[ `sysctl -n hw.vectorunit` == 1 ]]; then.
> >  	    _altivec=yes.
> >   	fi.

> hmm, this 'code' isn't even executed on non-darwin systems, so what's the
> prob? or do solaris pre-compile or syntax-check shellscripts?

That's right, doesn't execute, but the syntax check fails, as /bin/sh
on Solaris doesn't know the $( ) syntax for command substitution:

/users/ra04/waschk/cvs/MPlayer -> ./configure 
Detected operating system: SunOS
Detected host architecture: sparc
Checking for gcc version ... 2.95.2, ok
./configure: syntax error at line 872: `(' unexpected

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