cygwin build_alias issue (and a possible workaround...)

[Gene Smith]

Scott Newell wrote, On 09/04/2004 02:43 PM:
> At 01:18 PM 9/4/2004 , Bogdan Vacaliuc wrote:
> 
>>Um, did anyone notice that the shell used for the configure scripts is
>>/bin/sh?  And on cygwin:
>>
>>[/tmp] ls -al /bin/sh
>>-rwxrwxrwx    1 Administ Users       74240 Jan 27  2004 /bin/sh*
>>[/tmp] ls -al `which bash`
>>-rwxrwxrwx    1 Administ Users      527360 Oct 20  2003 /usr/bin/bash*
>>
>>And a 'man sh' leads on to think that the 'sh' implemented is ash?
>>
>>Just out of crazy curiosity, what happens if you put /bin/sh aside and
>>replace it with bash?  I'll try this now too..
> 
> 
> Mine still fails with the build_alias error after replacing sh with bash.
> 
> 
> --
> newell
> 
> 
Maybe cygwin "bash" is really somehow "ash" internally and falsely 
identifying itself as "bash" with --version. Is there any way to verify 
that? (Just a wild theory :-), keep up the good work!)
-gene