Bug 45 – configure doesn't work on Mac OS/X

Bug 45 - configure doesn't work on Mac OS/X


Summary:	configure doesn't work on Mac OS/X

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sudo
Version:	1.6.3
Hardware:	Other Other

Importance:	normal low
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Reported:	2001-07-09 08:50 MDT by Tim Skirvin
Modified:	2001-12-12 17:43 MST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Tim Skirvin 2001-07-09 08:50:20 MDT

monaco /tmp/sudo-1.6.3p7% ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/encap/sudo-1.6.3p7
--sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc
creating cache ./config.cache
Configuring Sudo version 1.6.3
[...]
checking host system type... gmaconfigure: error: can not guess host type; you
must specify one

monaco /tmp/sudo-1.6.3p7% uname -a
Darwin monaco.ks.uiuc.edu 1.3.7 Darwin Kernel Version 1.3.7: Sat Jun  9 11:12:48
PDT 2001; root:xnu/xnu-124.13.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC  Power Macintosh powerpc

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2001-07-16 20:06:59 MDT

Does MacOS X have an /etc/master.passwd file?

Comment 2 Todd C. Miller 2001-12-12 13:43:59 MST

The next release of sudo will contain a configure script generated from the latest version of
autoconf which reconizes MacOS X.