gaim build problem, file descriptor issue

[Randy Bush]

> des at dwp /usr/src/crypto/openssh% ./configure
> ./configure.lineno: 5: Bad file descriptor
> ./configure.lineno: 988: Syntax error: EOF in backquote substitution
> des at dwp /via/usr/src/crypto/openssh% ./configure
> ./configure.lineno: 5: Bad file descriptor
> ./configure.lineno: 988: Syntax error: EOF in backquote substitution
> 
> which is just what you are experiencing.
> 
> but if I chroot into /via (which is the root of the filesystem I
> export to my diskless test box):
> 
> des at dwp /usr/src/crypto/openssh% ./configure
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output... a.out
> [...]
> 
> and it succeeds.
> 
> however, if on the test box (same filesystem, just over NFS):
> 
> des at via /usr/src/crypto/openssh% ./configure
> ./configure.lineno: 5: Bad file descriptor
> ./configure.lineno: 988: Syntax error: EOF in backquote substitution

shell/environment dependency?

randy