Bug in configure script for build postgresql

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Azat Khuzhin <dohardgopro@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all!
Yesterday-today I try to install postgresql, and I have noticed bug in
configure script
If path which you try to install postgresql from, contains "&" symbol, then
configure doesn`t work correctly (it doesn`t make make file)
It writes some thing like this:
config.status: creating GNUmakefile
sed: -e expression #1, char 358: unknown option to `s'
config.status: creating src/Makefile.global
sed: -e expression #1, char 374: unknown option to `s'

I can reproduce this.

I attach here my modify configure script, line ~30389

No, you didn't.

I don`t good at scripting on shell, so I can`t change this script to the
right way!
And when I remove symbol "&" from path name - configure works correctly!

I think this is more than likely a bug in autoconf (which is used to
generate configure) than in PostgreSQL.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Compan

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Azat Khuzhin <dohardgopro@gmail.com>
wrote:

Hi all!
Yesterday-today I try to install postgresql, and I have noticed bug in
configure script
If path which you try to install postgresql from, contains "&" symbol,

then

configure doesn`t work correctly (it doesn`t make make file)
It writes some thing like this:
config.status: creating GNUmakefile
sed: -e expression #1, char 358: unknown option to `s'
config.status: creating src/Makefile.global
sed: -e expression #1, char 374: unknown option to `s'

I can reproduce this.

I attach here my modify configure script, line ~30389

No, you didn't.

Sorry, I forgot an attachment

I don`t good at scripting on shell, so I can`t change this script to the
right way!
And when I remove symbol "&" from path name - configure works correctly!

I think this is more than likely a bug in autoconf (which is used to
generate configure) than in PostgreSQL.

Maybe.