problem in configuring GLIB

[Matthias Fichtner <mf14 irz301 inf tu-dresden de>]

Hi everybody,

I have a problem while configuring glib-1.2.2 on a MIPS ULTRIX V4.3A (Rev. 146)
System. The output of the configure -script follows :


creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking host system type... mips-dec-ultrix4.3
checking build system type... mips-dec-ultrix4.3
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for ld used by GCC...
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/mips-dec-ultrix4.3/2.8.1/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/mips-dec-ultrix4.3/2.8.1/ld)
is GNU ld... no
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /bin/nm -B
checking command to parse /bin/nm -B output... yes
checking for _ prefix in compiled symbols... (cached) no
checking whether ln -s works... yes
updating cache ./config.cache
loading cache ./config.cache within ltconfig
checking for object suffix... o
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... -static
checking if the linker (/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/mips-dec-ultrix4.3/2.8.1/ld)
is GNU ld... no
checking whether the linker
(/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/mips-dec-ultrix4.3/2.8.1/ld) supports shared
libraries... no
checking command to parse /bin/nm -B output... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... unsupported
checking for /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/mips-dec-ultrix4.3/2.8.1/ld option to
reload object files... -r
checking dynamic linker characteristics... no
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... no
checking whether to build shared libraries... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
creating libtool
loading cache ./config.cache
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking host system type... mips-dec-ultrix4.3
checking whether to enable memory checking... no
checking whether to enable memory profiling... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for extra flags to get ANSI library prototypes... none needed
checking for extra flags for POSIX compliance... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for vprintf... yes
checking for atexit... yes
checking for on_exit... no
checking size of char... 1
checking size of short... 2
checking size of long... 4
checking size of int... 4
checking size of void *... 4
checking size of long long... 8
checking for working const... yes
checking for __inline... yes
checking for __inline__... yes
checking for inline... yes
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking for float.h... yes
checking for limits.h... yes
checking for pwd.h... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking for sys/poll.h... no
checking for sys/select.h... no
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for sys/times.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for values.h... yes
checking for lstat... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for strsignal... no
checking for memmove... yes
checking for vsnprintf... no
checking for strcasecmp... yes
checking for strncasecmp... yes
checking for poll... no
checking for sys_errlist... yes
checking for sys_siglist... yes
checking for sys_siglist declaration... no
checking for fd_set... yes, found in sys/types.h
checking for wchar.h... no
checking for wctype.h... no
checking for iswalnum... no
checking for iswalnum in -lw... no
checking if iswalnum() and friends are properly defined... yes
checking whether realloc (NULL,) will work... yes
checking for an implementation of va_copy()... no
checking for an implementation of __va_copy()... yes
checking whether va_lists can be copied by value... yes
checking for dlopen... no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... no
checking how to export all symbols... none
checking for shl_load in -ldld... no
checking for pthread.h... no
checking for PRP_NewNakedCondVar in -lnspr21... no
checking for thread implementation... none available
configure: warning: You do not have any known thread system on your
                computer. glib will not be thread safe on your computer.
checking necessary linker options... 
configure: warning: the 'g_get_(user_name|real_name|home_dir|tmp_dir)'
                functions will not be MT-safe during their first call
because
                there is no working 'getpwuid_r' on your system.
configure: warning: the 'g_date_set_time' function will not be MT-safe
                because there is no 'localtime_r' on your system.
checking system definitions for POLLIN POLLOUT POLLPRI POLLERR POLLHUP
POLLNVAL... failed
updating cache ./config.cache
creating ./config.status
creating glib.spec
creating glibconfig.h.win32
creating Makefile
creating glib-config
creating gmodule/gmoduleconf.h
creating gmodule/Makefile
creating gthread/Makefile
creating docs/Makefile
creating docs/glib-config.1
creating tests/Makefile
creating config.h
/bin/sh: bad substitution
Exit 1



Does anybody has experienced a similar failure under ULTRIX ?
Do you have any suggestions ? I don't have one.
Tank you.

Matthias Fichtner.
mf14@inf.tu-dresden.de