Re: ./configure problems

Thank you Michael. This solved it. I always forget the options to the tar command so I get lazy and use winzip since I have access to the linux box through samab. Thanks again... ----- Original Message ----- From: elmicha@php.net (Michael Mauch) Date: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:50 pm Subject: Re: [PHP-INSTALL] ./configure problems > Sebastian Musial wrote: > > > It is something else, the file is there, any other ideas, thanks. > > > > [php-4.3.3]# ls > > acconfig.h* ltmain.sh* > README.STREAMS*> acconfig.h.in* main/ > README.SUBMITTING_PATCH* > > Why are all these files executable? Is this on a DOS partition and > perhaps you extracted the files with WinZip or another DOS tool? Then > the files end up with DOS line endings, and because the kernel > searchesfor /bin/sh\r it can't find /bin/sh. > > I'm not sure whether the DOS partition matters, but certainly the DOS > line endings are a problem. Extract your tarball with tar and gzip or > bzip2, not with a DOS tool. Choose one of the following lines: > > # with GNU tar (on Linux you have GNU tar): > tar xjf php-4.3.3.tar.bz2 > tar xzf php-4.3.3.tar.gz > > # with Unix tar: > bunzip2 -c php-4.3.3.tar.bz2 | tar xf - > gzip -c php-4.3.3.tar.gz | tar xf - > > Regards... > Michael >