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@@ -134,3 +134,37 @@ Any information helping to solve this issue would be deeply appreciated. NOTE: building non-shared doesn't come with this problem. + +* ULTRIX build fails with shell errors, such as "bad substitution" + and "test: argument expected" + +The problem is caused by ULTRIX /bin/sh supporting only original +Bourne shell syntax/semantics, and the trouble is that the vast +majority is so accustomed to more modern syntax, that very few +people [if any] would recognize the ancient syntax even as valid. +This inevitably results in non-trivial scripts breaking on ULTRIX, +and OpenSSL isn't an exclusion. Fortunately there is workaround, +hire /bin/ksh to do the job /bin/sh fails to do. + +1. Trick make(1) to use /bin/ksh by setting up following environ- + ment variables *prior* you execute ./Configure and make: + + PROG_ENV=POSIX + MAKESHELL=/bin/ksh + export PROG_ENV MAKESHELL + + or if your shell is csh-compatible: + + setenv PROG_ENV POSIX + setenv MAKESHELL /bin/ksh + +2. Trick /bin/sh to use alternative expression evaluator. Create + following 'test' script for example in /tmp: + + #!/bin/ksh + ${0##*/} "$@" + + Then 'chmod a+x /tmp/test; ln /tmp/test /tmp/[' and *prepend* + your $PATH with chosen location, e.g. PATH=/tmp:$PATH. Alter- + natively just replace system /bin/test and /bin/[ with the + above script. |