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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!cherokee!da_vinci!awade From: awade@da_vinci.it.uswc.uswest.com (Allen Wade) Subject: Re: [BSD386] 'make' seems to take a long time - elm2.4 Message-ID: <Byp3xq.6Eu@da_vinci.it.uswc.uswest.com> Sender: awade@da_vinci (Allen Wade) Nntp-Posting-Host: da_vinci Organization: US WEST References: <Bxx6zB.JDw@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <RICH.92Nov21115938@omicron.Rice.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1992 18:13:02 GMT Lines: 24 In article <RICH.92Nov21115938@omicron.Rice.edu>, rich@Rice.edu (Richard Murphey) writes: > In article <1992Nov19.035447.29105@moxie.hou.tx.us> hackney@moxie.hou.tx.us (Greg Hackney) writes: > venkat@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Venkat) writes: > > >I have been trying to install elm2.4 on my 386 running Bsd/386. After I answer > >all the config questions and elm instructs me to run make, when I do so it > >seems to take a long time. I have waited for about 4-5 mins and all the while > >there is no disk activity. Is this normal ? Does 'make' take this long ? > > It won't compile right with the existing version of /bin/sh. You > need to copy 386BSD's bash onto /bin/sh. > > This may cause you problems when booting. It's also going to expose > all the sh dependent code in system shell scripts. Rich I moved /bin/sh to /bin/sh.orig and sym linked /usr/local/bin/bash to /bin/sh. I have had no problems with this. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Wade Faster, faster until awade@uswest.com thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. H.S. Thompson ----------------------------------------------------------------