phil@lgnp1.ls.com@canremote.uucp (phil@lgnp1.LS.COM) (12/21/89)
From: phil@lgnp1.LS.COM (Phil Eschallier) Subj: SCO XENIX/286 SYS V sh stack overflow Orga: Lagniappe Systems [Doylestown PA] In article <72@slvblc.UUCP> dick@slvblc.UUCP (Dick Flanagan) writes: >I am attempting to install the Elm mailer on SCO XENIX/286 SYS V 2.3.2 >and the README file for Elm 2.5 states: > > The Configuration script has been known to exceed the default > stack size in Unix 286 sh's. If Configure does not run correctly > on this type of machine increase the stack size and rerun it. > >Well, that's exactly what happens on my 286. My question is, just how do >I go about getting an sh with a bigger stack?!? Is there a utility that >can be used to patch the object file? Can I get one from SCO? Just how >do I go about doing this wonderful thing? > this can be corrected in the Configure shell script. i don't have the source handy right now but as i remember there is a line that processes the configure info -- the line is: ". ./config.sh" or something similar. change the line to: "/bin/sh ./config.sh" this will solve the overflow problem. let me know if you cannot get this to work and i will pull up my source and send you the exact patch. phil eschallier phil@ls.com --- * Via MaSNet/HST96/HST144/V32 - UN Xenix * Via Usenet Newsgroup comp.unix.xenix