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`configure' shells
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  Considerable effort has gone into trying to ensure that the
`configure' scripts can be run by most Bourne shell variants.  Should
`sh' run into trouble, your best bet is to use Bash, the GNU shell
(Note: Top.).

  Bourne shell variants for which problems have been reported in the
past are:
`ksh'
     Old versions of the Korn shell may fail to handle the scripts.
     The Korn shell may be installed as `/bin/sh' on AIX, in which case
     `/bin/bsh' may serve instead.

`ash'
     Old versions of ash are unable to handle the scripts.  Ash is
     sometimes installed as `/bin/sh' on NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux
     systems.  `/bin/bash' should be available for those systems, but
     might not be part of a default installation.

`Ultrix /bin/sh'
     `/bin/sh' under Ultrix is a DEC-grown shell that is notably
     deficient in many ways.  `/bin/sh5' may be necessary.