root@ohno:/usr/local/src/mailman-2.0.12> sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mailman loading cache ./config.cache checking for --with-python... no checking for python... /usr/local/bin/python checking Python interpreter... /usr/local/bin/python checking Python version... 2.2.1c1 checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes checking for true... /usr/bin/true checking for --without-gcc... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking whether #! works in shell scripts... yes checking for --with-var-prefix... no checking for --with-username... mailman checking for mailman UID... 10004 checking for --with-groupname... mailman checking for mailman GID... 10004 checking permissions on /usr/local/mailman... okay checking for mail wrapper GID... 1 checking for CGI wrapper GID... 60001 checking for CGI extensions... no ./configure: test: unknown operator ==

Same result with sh or bash. Any suggestions?

Nothing relevant in config.log..

Tracing the script, this is what I get:

# attempt to figure out the default hostname and URL from socket import * import string import sys import os def barf(fqdn, www): sys.stdout = sys.stderr print 'host info not found, set \$MAILHOST and/or \$WWWHOST environ vars' print '\$MAILHOST=%s, \$WWWHOST=%s' % (fqdn, www) sys.exit(1) fqdn = os.environ.get('MAILHOST') www = os.environ.get('WWWHOST') aliases = [] if fqdn: aliases.append(fqdn) if www: aliases.append(www) if not fqdn: try: host, aliases, ipaddrs = gethostbyaddr(gethostbyname(gethostname())) except herror: barf(fqdn, www) aliases.insert(0, host) for h in aliases: parts = string.split(h, '.') if 5 > 1: if parts[0] == 'www': www = h elif not fqdn: fqdn = h if www and fqdn: break if fqdn is None: barf(fqdn, www) if www is None: www = fqdn fp = open('conftest.out', 'w') if not www and fqdn: fp.write('%s\n%s\n' % (fqdn, fqdn)) elif www: dhn = string.join(string.split(www, '.')[1:], '.') fp.write('%s\n%s\n' % (dhn, www)) else: fp.write('please.change.me\nwww.please.change.me\n') fp.close() EOF $PYTHON conftest.py if [ "$?" == "1" ] then exit fi ./configure: test: unknown operator ==

Bill

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