Elib syntax error

[Huntress]

When trying to compile a program (not one I wrote) on Cygwin, the process aborts with the message that there's a syntax error near

elif test -n "${BASH_VERSION+set}" && (set -o posix) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
set -o posix

Obviously I need to correct it, but can anyone spot where the error is?

[CommonTater]

Yep... the line should start with #

#elif test -n "${BASH_VERSION+set}" && (set -o posix) >/dev/null 2>&1; then set -o posix

[Salem]

So this is something you downloaded from the web?

If so, what was it?

[Huntress]

So this is something you downloaded from the web?

If so, what was it?

Yes, I downloaded it from the MIT web site. It's designed to add new functions to the ssh executable so you can more easily daisy-chain SSH-enabled servers. That would be great if I could get it to compile, but there seem to be a lot of problems with the code (and it doesn't help that it's completely uncommented).

The elif fix worked, but now I'm getting a message saying

$'\r': command not found
syntax error near unexpected token 'LANG'
LANG LANGUAGE LC_ADDRESS LC_ALL LC_COLLATE LC_TYPE

etc

The first line probably means I need to run a DOS to Unix conversion. I'll update if this also fixes the second error. (Doubtful.)

[tabstop]

I doubt it will, although if you're missing a lot of characters from column 1, that could be why.

All those things on the bottom row are parts of the locale. I can't imagine why they'd be sitting "naked" in a C file. (Again, maybe missing characters.)

[Huntress]

Whaddaya know, the conversion fixed both problems. Now I get a message saying that there's an unexpected token associated with "then" in this block of code:

#elif test -f $ac_srcdir/configure.ac ||
	   test -f $ac_srcdir/configure.in; then
      echo
      $ac_configure --help

I keep telling myself that at least I'm learning a lot. :-)

[anduril462]

Because you commented out the elif... line to which said "then" belongs

[Huntress]

Because you commented out the elif... line to which said "then" belongs

This hasn't hurt any of the other instances of elif-then, though.

[anduril462]

Probably because the then was on the same line as the elif in those cases. Right now the interpreter sees the following line:

test -f $ac_srcdir/configure.in; then

which is not valid. You need to either comment out neither or both parts.