For those unfamiliar, is a project to let you use all sorts of generic Unix-like programs on your Mac. The idea is that one person will “port” a program (that is, tinker with and patch the code to make sure that it works) to Mac OS X so that we all don’t waste our time reinventing the wheel.
Great idea, right?
Well I downloaded the current version 1.5.0 and… well, just look
$ ./configure && make
./configure && make
checking build system type… configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub -apple-darwin8.10.1 failed
configure: WARNING: Cache variable ac_cv_build contains a newline.
zsh: 10351 exit 1 ./configure
This is going to be a long day, I can tell.