The $sh_c didn't fly.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8318

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index d5b354a..02d5b9e 100755 (executable)
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # $Id: Head.U,v 3.0.1.9 1997/02/28 15:02:09 ram Exp $
 #
-# Generated on Thu Jan  4 21:51:16 EET 2001 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
+# Generated on Thu Jan  4 22:39:08 EET 2001 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
 # (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.org)
 
 cat >c1$$ <<EOF
@@ -146,11 +146,6 @@ true)
        ;;
 esac
 
-case "$newsh" in
-'') sh_c="sh -c" ;;
-*)  sh_c="$newsh -c" ;;
-esac
-
 : if needed set CDPATH to a harmless value that is not chatty
 : avoid bash 2.02 problems with empty CDPATH.
 case "$CDPATH" in
@@ -181,7 +176,6 @@ useposix=''
 d_bsd=''
 d_eunice=''
 d_xenix=''
-sh_c=''
 eunicefix=''
 Mcc=''
 ar=''
@@ -1090,7 +1084,7 @@ EOM
 esac
 
 : see if sh knows # comments
-if `$sh_c '#' >/dev/null 2>&1`; then
+if `$sh -c '#' >/dev/null 2>&1`; then
        shsharp=true
        spitshell=cat
        xcat=/bin/cat
@@ -2065,7 +2059,7 @@ test)
        echo "Hopefully test is built into your sh."
        ;;
 *)
-       if `$sh_c "PATH= test true" >/dev/null 2>&1`; then
+       if `sh -c "PATH= test true" >/dev/null 2>&1`; then
                echo "Using the test built into your sh."
                echo "Using the test built into your sh."
                test=test
@@ -2183,14 +2177,13 @@ case "$lns" in
        echo "Checking how to test for symbolic links..." >&4
        $lns blurfl sym
        if $test "X$issymlink" = X; then
-               $sh_c "PATH= test -h sym" >/dev/null 2>&1
+               sh -c "PATH= test -h sym" >/dev/null 2>&1
                if test $? = 0; then
                        issymlink="test -h"
                fi              
        fi
        if $test "X$issymlink" = X; then
-               $sh_c "$test -h sym" >/dev/null 2>&1
-               if test $? = 0; then
+               if  $test -h >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                        issymlink="$test -h"
                        echo "Your builtin 'test -h' may be broken, I'm using external '$test -h'." >&4
                fi              
@@ -4153,8 +4146,8 @@ and I got the following output:
 
 EOM
 dflt=y
-if $sh_c "$cc -o try $optimize $ccflags $ldflags try.c $libs" >>try.msg 2>&1; then
-       if $sh_c './try' >>try.msg 2>&1; then
+if $sh -c "$cc -o try $optimize $ccflags $ldflags try.c $libs" >>try.msg 2>&1; then
+       if $sh -c './try' >>try.msg 2>&1; then
                xxx=`./try`
                case "$xxx" in
                "Ok") dflt=n ;;
@@ -7136,7 +7129,7 @@ echo "Figuring out host name..." >&4
 case "$myhostname" in
 '') cont=true
        echo 'Maybe "hostname" will work...'
-       if tans=`$sh_c hostname 2>&1` ; then
+       if tans=`sh -c hostname 2>&1` ; then
                myhostname=$tans
                phostname=hostname
                cont=''
@@ -7159,17 +7152,17 @@ if $test "$cont"; then
 fi
 if $test "$cont"; then
        echo 'No, maybe "uuname -l" will work...'
-       if tans=`$sh_c 'uuname -l' 2>&1` ; then
+       if tans=`sh -c 'uuname -l' 2>&1` ; then
                myhostname=$tans
                phostname='uuname -l'
        else
                echo 'Strange.  Maybe "uname -n" will work...'
-               if tans=`$sh_c 'uname -n' 2>&1` ; then
+               if tans=`sh -c 'uname -n' 2>&1` ; then
                        myhostname=$tans
                        phostname='uname -n'
                else
                        echo 'Oh well, maybe I can mine it out of whoami.h...'
-                       if tans=`$sh_c $contains' sysname $usrinc/whoami.h' 2>&1` ; then
+                       if tans=`sh -c $contains' sysname $usrinc/whoami.h' 2>&1` ; then
                                myhostname=`echo "$tans" | $sed 's/^.*"\(.*\)"/\1/'`
                                phostname="sed -n -e '"'/sysname/s/^.*\"\\(.*\\)\"/\1/{'"' -e p -e q -e '}' <$usrinc/whoami.h"
                        else
@@ -7270,7 +7263,7 @@ case "$myhostname" in
                esac
                case "$dflt" in
                .) echo "(No help from resolv.conf either -- attempting clever guess)"
-                       dflt=.`$sh_c domainname 2>/dev/null`
+                       dflt=.`sh -c domainname 2>/dev/null`
                        case "$dflt" in
                        '') dflt='.';;
                        .nis.*|.yp.*|.main.*) dflt=`echo $dflt | $sed -e 's/^\.[^.]*//'`;;
@@ -16449,7 +16442,6 @@ selectminbits='$selectminbits'
 selecttype='$selecttype'
 sendmail='$sendmail'
 sh='$sh'
-sh_c='$sh_c'
 shar='$shar'
 sharpbang='$sharpbang'
 shmattype='$shmattype'