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Re: Extra carriage returns on Perl configure script
- To: Dan Newcombe <Dan_Newcombe at oit dot peachnet dot edu>, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Extra carriage returns on Perl configure script
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:54:21 -0700 (PDT)
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
The workaround is to use the ^J and possibly the ^Z character to
respond to the answer.
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---Dan Newcombe <Dan_Newcombe@oit.peachnet.edu> wrote:
>
> I am trying to compile Perl 5.0004 from scratch under Nt 4.0, w/ the
Beta19
> release.
> The problem I am finding is when I run the
> sh configure
> to get Perl ready to install, it gets confused. If I press enter to
answer
> a prompt, it seems to assume I have pressed two enters and I never
get a
> chance to answer some of the prompts. For example:
> Prompt 1: [default] (I press enter here)
> Prompt 2: [defualt] (It automatically puts a carrige return here)
> Prompt 3: [default] (Here is where I end up after pressing enter
ONCE)
> Has anyone else seen this behavior or know how to get around it?
Thanks.
>
> (On the other hand, a precompiled version or OraPerl would also help
me get
> past this in the short run - though I still want it to be working
right.)
>
> --
> Dan Newcombe - OIIT
> "While we watch time slip through our hands, we're deaf to our own
demands"
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