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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1999-02-28 18:28:18 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1999-02-28 18:28:18 +0000
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add note about env pollution
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@@ -833,6 +833,13 @@ shouldn't do that, but some might.)
=over 4
+=item Environment variable clashes
+
+Configure uses a CONFIG variable that is reported to cause trouble on
+ReliantUnix 5.44. If your system sets this variable, you can try
+unsetting it before you run Configure. Configure should eventually
+be fixed to avoid polluting the namespace of the environment.
+
=item Running Configure Interactively
If Configure runs into trouble, remember that you can always run