./configure problem on Solaris 2.8

[Derek Atkins]

You need to use "bash" to run the configure script.  This is a known bug,
but isn't much we can do about it until we upgrade the "intltool.m4" that
is used to build the packages.

-derek

"Gerlich, Rene" <Rene.Gerlich at commerzbank.com> writes:

> hi there!
> 
> i'm still trying to get gnucash compiled on my beloved sun and i dig gat
> quite far thanks to the hints i got here.
> 
> now here's a problem i ran into a while ago already and which i have fixed
> for myself.
> 
> on my system (Solaris 2.8/sparc) there seems to be a syntax error in the
> configure script.
> 
> here's the error message:
> ./configure: syntax error at line 1382: `INTLTOOL_REQUIRED_VERSION_AS_INT=$'
> unexpected
> 
> this is the line from the script:
> INTLTOOL_REQUIRED_VERSION_AS_INT=$(echo  | awk -F. '{ printf "%d", $1 * 100
> + $2; }')
>                                  ^
> 
> it works for me if i change the line to
> INTLTOOL_REQUIRED_VERSION_AS_INT=`(echo  | awk -F. '{ printf "%d", $1 * 100
> + $2; }')`
>                                  ^
> ^
> by the way, what's that echo echo'ing?
> 
> cheers
> 
> rene
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Rene Gerlich
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