sh-utils-2.0.12 feedback

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

The build of the new sh-utils-2.0.12 release went flawlessly on more
than a dozen different local UNIX platforms.

However, there were a few failures:

(1) On Apple Darwin (== MacOS X), configure failed with

        Invalid configuration `unknown-apple-darwin5.4': machine
        `unknown-apple' not recognized

    I was able to get a successful configure run like this:

        ./configure --build powerpc-apple-darwin1.3.7

    after which

        make all check install

    worked fine.

(2) On SGI IRIX 6.5 with CC=c89, the configure process inserted
    -R/path/to/dir options in ./Makefile and src/Makefile.  I had to
    manually edit these, changing "-R" to "-rpath ".  The subsequent
    build, validation, and installation went normally.

(3) On Compaq OSF/1 5.0, with CC="cc -ieee" (no version of gcc will
    build on this system), the build succeeded, but the validation
    suite failed:

        make[3]: Entering directory 
`/uufs/inscc.utah.edu/common/home/mthnhb/alpha/build/sh-utils-2.0.12/tests/basename'
        -: test fail-1: stderr mismatch, comparing fail-1.1 (actual) and 
fail-1.E (expected)
        *** fail-1.1    Wed May  1 06:48:02 2002
        --- fail-1.E    Wed May  1 06:48:02 2002
        ***************
        *** 1,2 ****
        - basename: too few arguments
        - Try `basename --help' for more information.
        --- 0 ----
        -: test fail-2: stderr mismatch, comparing fail-2.1 (actual) and 
fail-2.E (expected)
        *** fail-2.1    Wed May  1 06:48:02 2002
        --- fail-2.E    Wed May  1 06:48:02 2002
        ***************
        *** 1,2 ****
        - basename: too many arguments
        - Try `basename --help' for more information.
        --- 0 ----
        -: test a failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test b failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test c failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test d failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test e failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test f failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test g failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test h failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test i failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test 1 failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test 2 failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test 3 failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test 4 failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        -: test 5 failed: exit status mismatch:  expected 0, got 1
        FAIL: basic
        ===================
        1 of 1 tests failed
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