Err.. that's because I needed to run autogen.sh, not autoconf
directly. Perhaps the README.makefiles can be changed to specify
this?

-Amy

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Critchley, Amy"
<acritchley@r...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to compile the source for Firebird 1.5.0.4290 (the most

recent released version) on Mandrake Linux for the first time, and I
get an error running configure:

>
> configure: error: cannot run /bin/bash

builds/make.new/config/config.sub

>
> Only the files config.h.in and install-sh are in my

builds/make.new/config directory.

>
> Any help?
>
> Thanks,
> Amy