Re: dash 0.5.13 configure config.status truncated running under dash 0.5.13

On 2025-09-29 04:29, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2025-09-29 03:37, Herbert Xu wrote:
>> Brian Inglis wrote:
>>>
>>> Applied and rebuilt, getting the same failure with identical ERROR messages and
>>> symptoms, after building okay with previous dash == sh, then rerunning with
>>> latest dash == sh.
>>>
>>> Do the previously highlighted configure script last two config.status generation
>>> stanzas seem to have issues, or is that as intended?
>>>
>>> It appears that the following _ACEOF\ncat >>$CONFIG_STATUS ... might be
>>> misplaced, as it is immediately followed by a list of sed commands.
>>
>> It looks identical to the configure script that I get from running
>> autoconf, and my copy works just fine, even with the buggy dash 0.5.13.
>>
>>> These stanzas come from /usr/share/autoconf{,2.7}/autoconf/status.m4
>>> included by /usr/share/autoconf{,2.7}/autoconf/autoconf.m4 frozen in
>>> /usr/share/autoconf{,2.7}/autoconf/autoconf.m4f.
>>>
>>> Or is this an issue that should be raised with the autoconf/autotools team?
>>
>> Based on the fact we just found two bugs in 0.5.13 that both broke
>> autoconf, it's probably a dash bug :)
>>
>> I just checked your original email and your configure script is
>> identical to mine.
>>
>> Can you please run configure with set -x and send me the result?
> Complete Cygwin build run with set -vx attached.

Reported the issue and questioned the code which disables VPATH and may not be 
used often on modern systems (report attached):

	https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?111321

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