openssh-2.9.9p2, AC_SYS_LARGEFILE, SCO, and HPUX

[Paul Eggert]

> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 11:35:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kevin Steves <stevesk at pobox.com>
> 
> i have problems with autoconf >=2.50 on hp-ux 11.11.  it will not
> complete make check

OK, I see.  I just read
http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-autoconf/2001-September/001050.html
and I would like to see the output of:

top_srcdir=$top_srcdir sh -x ./configure

That is, I'd like to see what shell commands that instance of
'./configure' is running.

This bug might be related to the bug that was fixed in:
http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/autoconf-patches/2001-September/007791.html
but the evidence is pretty slim here, so I'd like to see more.

> and it seems very, very slow when building configure.

The slowness is a known problem and I think it is being worked on, but
I don't consider it to be a fatal objection.  There's a tradeoff
between speed and portability, and autoconf tries to be portable.

(You might find it a bit faster if you ran autoconf on a GNU/Linux box.  :-)

> i'm using the slow and make check failing 2.52 on hp-ux now with the utmp
> patch and AC_SYS_LARGEFILE enabled and it appears to be working.

Sounds good, then.

By the way, that 'make check' problem indicates a potential problem
with cross-compiling only.  Native compilation should be fine.