Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:46:20 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: "H.Merijn Brand" <h DOT m DOT brand AT hccnet DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: Gnu compiler for Perl
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On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, H.Merijn Brand wrote:

> > Please post here the fragment(s) of the Configure script that cause the 
> > error messages.  It is next to impossible to try to guess what might be 
> > wrong without seeing the failing command.
> 
> One simple failing snippet on Win2kNL/sp1:
> 
> C:\Tmp> cat test.sh
> if (PATH=.; alias -x) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
>     inksh=true
>     fi
> C:\Tmp> sh test.sh
> test.sh: /dev/null: Permission denied (EACCESS)

Does a simple "echo foo > /dev/null" fails as well?  How about 
"echo foo >> /dev/null"?

If it does, please write a short test program that does imilar things, 
and step into the I/O functions with a debugger.  We must understand 
what's wrong there to devise a solution or a work-around.