syntax error at line 23510: `}' unexpected

syntax error at line 23510: `}' unexpected

[kamaraju kusumanchi]

When trying to configure bison 2.4.1
(http://directory.fsf.org/project/bison/) on a Solaris 2.8, the
configuration stops with


> ../../unZipped/bison-2.4.1/configure
../../unZipped/bison-2.4.1/configure: syntax error at line 23510: `}' unexpected

> uname -a
SunOS axkmsapp075n2 5.8 Generic_117350-33 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R Solaris

> echo $CONFIG_SHELL
/bin/ksh


However, if I set the CONFIG_SHELL environment variable to an empty
string then the configure script goes a bit further. It stops with

checking for Java virtual machine... (cached) java
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating javacomp.sh
config.status: creating javaexec.sh
config.status: creating runtime-po/Makefile.in
config.status: creating etc/bench.pl
nawk: input record `      print $out "1+...' too long
 input record number 122
 source line number 397
config.status: error: could not create etc/bench.pl


> nmake --version
  version         make (AT&T Research) 4.3 2003-04-15


It looks like a bug in the configure script. Could you please check it?

hth
raju

Re: syntax error at line 23510: `}' unexpected

[Ian Lance Taylor]

kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> writes:

> When trying to configure bison 2.4.1
> (http://directory.fsf.org/project/bison/) on a Solaris 2.8, the
> configuration stops with
>
>
>> ../../unZipped/bison-2.4.1/configure
> ../../unZipped/bison-2.4.1/configure: syntax error at line 23510: `}' unexpected

Although you sent this to gcc-help, bison is not part of gcc.

If you want to configure gcc, you should set CONFIG_SHELL to /bin/ksh,
as described at http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#x-x-solaris2 .
That may help your bison problem as well.

Ian

Re: syntax error at line 23510: `}' unexpected

[kamaraju kusumanchi]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> When trying to configure bison 2.4.1
>> (http://directory.fsf.org/project/bison/) on a Solaris 2.8, the
>> configuration stops with
>>
>>
>>> ../../unZipped/bison-2.4.1/configure
>> ../../unZipped/bison-2.4.1/configure: syntax error at line 23510: `}' unexpected
>
> Although you sent this to gcc-help, bison is not part of gcc.
>

Sorry about that. I thought gcc maintainers might be familiar with it.

> If you want to configure gcc, you should set CONFIG_SHELL to /bin/ksh,
> as described at http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#x-x-solaris2 .
> That may help your bison problem as well.

As said in my original email, bison does not configure if CONFIG_SHELL
is set to /bin/ksh.

Re: syntax error at line 23510: `}' unexpected

[kamaraju kusumanchi]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:11 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi
<raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> wrote:
> When trying to configure bison 2.4.1
> (http://directory.fsf.org/project/bison/) on a Solaris 2.8, the
> configuration stops with
>
>
>> ../../unZipped/bison-2.4.1/configure
> ../../unZipped/bison-2.4.1/configure: syntax error at line 23510: `}' unexpected
>

Ok. I figured out a hack for this problem.

First set CONFIG_SHELL to /bin/ksh.

Then prefix the configure command with ksh. So it will be

ksh ../../unZipped/bison-2.4.1/configure

After that, configure proceeds without any problems.