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From: woof@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Steve Wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm wishlist & Problems with Configure in HP-UX
Message-ID: <760002@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 90 15:06:14 GMT
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>> Has anyone else with HP-UX machines had this problem ?

> Yes, I had problems of the same kind. Doesn't seem to be a problem with
> the Configure file, it's more likely '/bin/sh' that screws up. Using
> "ksh Configure" works great for me...

/bin/sh has a bug where it gets confused if it is dealing with a large
number of environment variables.  It will be fixed in a future release.
The "ksh Configure" method is the preferred workaround.

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Steve Wolf
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