Re: [C--] Solved: Trouble with configure -- dependencies on obsolete lua

Hendrik Boom scripsit:

> Still, there are problems because 'lua' is the name both for the 
> executable for lua 4 and for current lua.  It has to be installed in a 
> secluded location.

Well, it looks like qc-- doesn't depend on the executable, only the library.
I agree that it's annoying to install one but not the other.

> And mk is distributed as part of Debian's 9base package, placed in /usr/
> lib/plan9/bin/mk.  Placing that on the PATH unfortunately also place 
> other plan9executables like ls , mkdir, sed, sleep, sort, grep, du on the 
> PATH.  I have no idea whether these are compatible.

In general, no; they support fewer options than their Posix analogues.

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